sancak

== English == === Noun === sancak (plural sancaks) Alternative form of sanjak. == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancak, “flag; subdivision of a vilayet”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”). Cognate with the verb sançmak (“to stab”), also found as Azerbaijani sancmaq (“to stab”), Bashkir сәнсеү (sənsew, “to stab”), Kazakh шаншу (şanşu, “to stab”), Turkmen sançmak, etc. Related to sancı (“pain, ache”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑnd͡ʒɑk/ === Noun === sancak (definite accusative sancağı, plural sancaklar) (poetic) flag, banner al sancak ― the Turkish flag (poetic) Kırmızı Sancak ― Red Ensign emblem sanjak (an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet) starboard ==== Declension ====