Where does “sanxhak” come from?

sanxhak (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

sanxhak (Albanian): sanjak, particularly as a former first-level administrative division of Albania

Definitions

  1. sanjak, particularly as a former first-level administrative division of Albania

Ancestry of “sanxhak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسنجاقflag, banner; a type of local administrative...
2Proto-Turkic*sančgak—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sančgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق →