Where does “гайдама́ка” come from?
гайдама́ка (Ukrainian) comes from Turkish haydamak, from Ottoman Turkish هايدامق, from Ottoman Turkish هایده, from Ottoman Turkish ده, from Ottoman Turkish دیمك, from Proto-Turkic tē- — to say.
гайдама́ка (Ukrainian): haydamak (a Ukrainian kind of soldier in 18th century, also used during the Civil War in the beginning of the 20th century)
Definitions
- haydamak (a Ukrainian kind of soldier in 18th century, also used during the Civil War in the beginning of the 20th century)