bajrak
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, “flag”).
Noun edit
bajrak m (plural bajrakë, definite bajraku, definite plural bajrakët)
- (archaic) flag
- Synonym: flamur
- clan group, tribe
- (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
Proper noun edit
Bàjrak m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀јрак)