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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
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
Proper noun
Bàjrak m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀јрак)
- (archaic) flag