Bey vs. Bye — What's the Difference?

"Bey" (Ottoman Turkish: بك‎ “Beik”, Chagatay: بك “Bek”, Turkmen: beg, Uzbek: bek, Kazakh: бек, Tatar: bäk, Albanian: beu/bej, Bosnian: beg, Persian: بیگ‎ “Beigh” or بگ “Beg”, Tajik: бе, Arabic: بك‎ “Bek”) is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and an honorific, traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in the numerous Turkic kingdoms, emirates, sultanates and empires in Central Asia, South Asia, and The Middle East, such as the Ottomans, Timurids or the various khanates and emirates in Central Asia and the Eurasian Steppe. The feminine equivalent title was begum.

The transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent

A provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.

A run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit (recorded as an extra, not credited to the individual batsman).

A ruler of the former kingdom of Tunis.

One or more holes remaining unplayed after a match has been decided.

Used as the title for such a ruler.

Short for goodbye

Used formerly as a title for various Turkish and Egyptian dignitaries.

A secondary matter; a side issue.

(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions

(Sports) The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.

In various other places, a prince or nobleman

Used to express farewell.

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt;

(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

The governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.

(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.

(card games) A pass.

Obsolete spelling of bee

Out of the way; remote.

Secondary; supplementary.

(colloquial) Goodbye.

Obsolete spelling of by

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.

A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.

The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

A dwelling.

In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;

A farewell remark;