bajrak

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, flag).

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of bajrak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bajrak bajraku bajrakë bajrakët
accusative bajrakun
dative bajraku bajrakut bajrakëve bajrakëve
ablative bajrakësh

References

  • Bardhi, Frang (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

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, flag).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bàjrak m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀јрак)

  1. (archaic) flag