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

Related terms

• bajraktar

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)

1. (archaic) flag