sancak

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (poetic) flag, banner
  2. emblem
  3. sanjak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet)
  4. starboard

Έννοιες

λάβαρο

σημαία

έμβλημα

σαντζάκι

Συνώνυμα

Συχνότητα

C2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/sɑnd͡ʒɑk/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancak, “flag; subdivision of a vilayet”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”). Cognate with the verb sançmak (“to stab”), also found as Azerbaijani sancmaq (“to stab”), Bashkir сәнсеү (sənsew, “to stab”), Kazakh шаншу (şanşu, “to stab”), Turkmen sançmak, etc. Related to sancı (“pain, ache”).

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