bajrak
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, “flag”).
Noun
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
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bajrak | bajraku | bajrakë | bajrakët |
accusative | bajrakun | |||
dative | bajraku | bajrakut | bajrakëve | bajrakëve |
ablative | bajrakësh |
Related terms
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)
- (archaic) flag