Where does “sandjak” come from?

sandjak (French) comes from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

sandjak (French): sanjak

Definitions

  1. sanjak

Ancestry of “sandjak”, 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 →