英语词汇dey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dey
词源	dey. Gone are the days of the deys. Dey (pronounced day) was up until 1830 the title for a governor of Algiers, as well as a title for rulers of Tunis and Tripoli. The word derives from the Turkish dayi, which means a maternal uncle. Caroline of Brunswick, wife of King George IV, enjoyed a notorious affair with the dey of Algiers. Lord Norbury, England’s chief justice, remarked, “She was as happy as the dey is long.”
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