Where does “bajraktar” come from?

bajraktar (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیراقدار, from Ottoman Turkish -دار, from Persian دار, from Arabic دَار — house.

bajraktar (Albanian): standard-bearer

Definitions

  1. standard-bearer

Ancestry of “bajraktar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیراقدارflag-bearer, ensign
2Ottoman Turkish-دارbearer; … bearer
3Persianدارtree; gallows; wood
4Arabicدَارhouse
Every word from Arabic دَار →Every word from Persian دار →Every word from Ottoman Turkish -دار →