English Explanatory Dictionary

sanjak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.

Pronunciation

/ˈsandʒak/

Word forms

sanjak sanjaks zanzack sanjac sancak

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).

Synonyms

district prefecture county sanjakship sanjakate mutasarrifate mutasarriflik sanjakbey

Related words

sanjakbey

Derived words

sanjakry sanjakship sanjakate
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