Zazaki

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bAd-rak (banner, flag).[1] Cognate with Turkish bayrak, Bashkir байраҡ (bayraq), Tatar bayraq, Turkmen baýdag, Uzbek bayroq

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɛjˈrɑqə]
  • Hyphenation: bey‧ra‧qe

Noun

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beyraqe

  1. flag

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAd-rak / *bAd-ruk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill