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Where does “bàrjāk” come from?

bàrjāk (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیراق, from Proto-Turkic badrak — banner, flag.

Ancestry of “bàrjāk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیراقflag, banner, standard
2Proto-Turkicbadrakbanner, flag

Words derived from “bàrjāk”

  • barjaktariti
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