sanjak

Meaning

1. A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.

Translations

sancak

سَنْجَق

sandjak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsandʒak/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).