bajraktar

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیراقدار (bayrakdar).

Noun[edit]

bajraktar m (plural bajraktarë, definite bajraktari, definite plural bajraktarët)

  1. (archaic) standard-bearer
    Synonym: flamurtar
  2. chief of the bajrak: chieftain; administrator of the patriarchal laws of the bajrak

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References[edit]

  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 183: “vexillarius — alfier, bairachtaar”
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bajraktar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 59–60
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “bajraktar”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[1]
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