Where does “sanjak” come from?

sanjak (English) comes from Turkish sancak, from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

sanjak (English): An administrative region under the Ottoman...

Definitions

  1. An administrative region under the Ottoman...

Ancestry of “sanjak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsancakemblem; shire; sanjak
2Ottoman Turkishسنجاقflag, banner; a type of local administrative...
3Proto-Turkic*sančgak—

Words derived from “sanjak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *sančgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق →Every word from Turkish sancak →