sancak

Meaning

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

Concepts

flag

banner

standard

sanjak

shire

starboard

district

interstitial

pennon

vexillum

emblem

ensign

colours

Synonyms

bayrak

bandıra

flama

tuğ

pankart

geminin sağ yanı

Translations

étendard

Flagge

bannière

drapeau

vlag

bandiera

bandera

σημαία

estandarte

vexillum

vaandel

λάβαρο

Banner

bandeira

tribord

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɑnd͡ʒɑk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: sancmaq

Cognate with Bashkir: сәнсеү

Cognate with Kazakh: шаншу

Cognate with Turkmen: sançmak

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”).