sea 13th century, Vindel manuscript, MartÃ­n Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile) Mia irmana fremoÅ¿a treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas. Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.
bey. 1  a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire. ( 2 formerly) a title of respect for Turkish dignitaries. ( 3 formerly) the title of the native ruler of Tunis or Tunisia.
In both Urdu and Punjabi (aapaN) it means older sister. For whatever reasons, Urdu and Punjabi have quite a few common words for female relatives or women in various roles that come from Central Asia. Baaji (also meaning older sister) comes from Turkish (where it is not longer used). Bibi in Turkish means a senior paternal aunt (older than one's father), I was told. Wiktionary says it is of Persian origin. In Urdu and Punjabi it's a title of respect for a woman. Khatun (lady in Urdu) just means woman in Turkish. The other word for lady that is used in names is bano (from Persian). Khala (maternal aunt) is originally from Arabic and used in Turkish, Uzbek and Persian.