Where does “ቤረቅ” come from?

ቤረቅ (Tigre) comes from Arabic بَيْرَق, from Ottoman Turkish بیراق, from Proto-Turkic badrak — banner, flag.

ቤረቅ (Tigre): flag, standard, banner

Definitions

  1. flag, standard, banner

Ancestry of “ቤረቅ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَيْرَق—
2Ottoman Turkishبیراقflag, banner, standard
3Proto-Turkicbadrakbanner, flag
Every word from Proto-Turkic badrak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیراق →Every word from Arabic بَيْرَق →