Where does “barjaktar” come from?
barjaktar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیراقدار, from Ottoman Turkish -دار, from Persian دار, from Arabic دَار — house.
barjaktar (Serbo-Croatian): flag-bearer
Ancestry of “barjaktar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بیراقدار | flag-bearer, ensign |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | -دار | bearer; … bearer |
| 3 | Persian | دار | tree; gallows; wood |
| 4 | Arabic | دَار | house |