Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, flag).

Noun edit

bajrak m (plural bajrakë, definite bajraku, definite plural bajrakët)

  1. (archaic) flag
    Synonym: flamur
  2. clan group, tribe
  3. (historical) territorial unit created by the Ottomans as a military and later administrative entity

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 103:vexillum — bairach, flamure
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bajrak”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 59

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, flag).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bǎjrak/
  • Hyphenation: baj‧rak

Proper noun edit

Bàjrak m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀јрак)

  1. (archaic) flag