sancak

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Têgeh

direfş

drefş

ئاڵا

Hevwate

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/sɑnd͡ʒɑk/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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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