سنجاق

Ottoman Turkish

سنجاق

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”) and thus sharing the same root of صانجیمق‎ (sancımak, “to stab, stick a sharp pointed thing into”) and صنجی‎ (sancı, “pain in the gut”).

Noun

سنجاق • (sancak)

  1. flag, banner, standard, ensign, especially the Ottoman standard
    Synonyms: بیراق‎ (bayrak), رایت‎ (rayet), علم‎ (ʿalem), لوا‎ (liva)
  2. sanjak, the second level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire
    Synonym: لوا‎ (liva)
  3. (nautical) starboard, the righthand side of a ship when facing the front

Derived terms

  • سنجاق اچمق‎ (sancak açmak, “to unfurl a flag”)
  • سنجاق بكی‎ (sancak beği, “governor of a sanjak”)
  • سنجاق شریف‎ (sancak-ı şerif, “the sacred banner of Mohammed”)
  • سنجاق چكمك‎ (sancak çekmek, “to hoist up a flag”)
  • سنجاقدار‎ (sancakdar, “flag-bearer”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sancak
  • → Albanian: sanxhak
  • → Arabic: سَنْجَق‎ (sanjaq)
  • → Armenian: սանջակ (sanǰak), սանճախ (sančax)
  • → Belarusian: санджа́к (sandžák)
  • → Bulgarian: санджа́к (sandžák)
  • → Czech: sandžak
  • → English: sanjak, sanjakate
  • → French: sandjak, sangiac
  • → German: Sandschak
  • → Hungarian: szandzsák
  • → Italian: sangiacco
  • → Kazakh: санжақ (sanjaq)
  • → Macedonian: санџак (sandžak)
  • → Persian: سنجاق‎
  • → Polish: sandżak
  • → Portuguese: sanjaco
  • → Romanian: sangeac
  • → Russian: санджа́к (sandžák)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: са̀нџак
    Latin script: sàndžak
  • → Slovak: sandžak
  • → Spanish: sanjacado
  • → Ukrainian: санджа́к (sandžák)
  • → Uyghur: سانجاق‎ (sanjaq)

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /sanˈd͡ʒɔq/

Noun

سنجاق • (sanjâq)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian سنجاق‎ (sanjâq).

Noun

سنجاق • (sanjāq) m (Hindi spelling संजाक़)

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