sanjak en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsandʒak/ (UK)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).
Meanings
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A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
This lymphatic monster had once blocked the distinguished pharynx of Lord Blatherard Osmo, who at the time occupied the Novy Pazar desk at the Foreign Office, an obscure penance for the previous century of British policy on the Eastern Question, for on this obscure sanjak had once hinged the entire fate of Europe.
1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
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(historical, obsolete, qualifier:inexact) Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.
... the Duke ... enforced all the whole Armie to retire to the Campe, with the losse of five or six thousand, with the Bashaw of Buda, and foure or five Zanzacks, with divers other great Commanders, two hundred Prisoners, and nine peeces of Ordnance.
1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 45:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sanjaks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sancak | alternative | lexicographic | |
| zanzack | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sanjac | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
kaza · sanjakbey · nahiyah · vilayet · mutasarrif · kaymakam
Deriveds
sanjakry · sanjakship · sanjakate
Relateds
Synonyms
district · sanjakship · sanjakate · county · mutasarriflik · sanjakbey · prefecture · mutasarrifate
Translations (14)
kk санжақ (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · ru санджак (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · hy սանջակ (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · ug سانجاق (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · hu szandzsák (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · it sangiacco (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · fr sandjak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · mr सांजाक (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · ota لوا (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · ota سنجاق (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · pl sandżak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · tr sancak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · ar سَنْجَق (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire) · sq sanxhak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire)