Where does “সানজাক” come from?

সানজাক (Bengali) comes from Turkish sancak, from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

সানজাক (Bengali): A district, particularly a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire

Definitions

  1. A district, particularly a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire

Ancestry of “সানজাক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsancakemblem; shire; sanjak
2Ottoman Turkishسنجاقflag, banner; a type of local administrative...
3Proto-Turkic*sančgak—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sančgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق →Every word from Turkish sancak →