English Explanatory Dictionary

haydamak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.

Word forms

haydamak haydamaks haidamak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian гайдамака (hajdamaka), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish هايدامق (haydamak), probably from the Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), combined with the Ottoman Turkish ـمق (-mak), possibly under influence of Ukrainian -ак (-ak), related to haydamak.

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