hide your light under a bushel. to avoid letting people know that you are good at something, usually because you are shy (often in continuous tenses) I didn't realize you could play the piano-you've been hiding your light under a bushel. See also: bushel, hide, light, under. 1  Facebook.
Confidence votes 319K. Turkish word 'bey' is a titular name in many cases sort of like Sir to Western Europeans. Depending on the country of origin, it can simply mean Sir and title of respect.
This was a major reason why the name turkey-cock stuck to Meleagris rather than to the guinea fowl (Numida meleagris): the Ottoman Empire represented the exotic East. By the way Turks also mistakenly viewed this bird an animal of exotic east and named it Hindi, a reference to India.est Answer: The English name for Turkey is derived from the Medieval Latin Turchia (c.1369). The word Tuerk tÃ¼rk in Old turkish means. strong