bajrak

Albanian

Etymology

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

References
  • 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

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, “flag”).

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

Proper noun

Bàjrak m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀јрак)

  1. (archaic) flag
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