hajduk

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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 D AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Polish Hajduk.

Borrowed from Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú (“foot-soldier”). The Hungarian word may derive from hajtó which meant “(cattle) drover”. In 16th century Hungary, cattle driving was an important and dangerous occupation and drovers traveled armed. Some of them ended up as bandits or retainers in the service of local landowners and many may have become soldiers. In any case, the term hajdúk came to be used in the 16th century to describe irregular soldiers. There is probably an etymological link between hajdú and the Turkish word haydut, which was used by the Ottomans to describe Hungarian infantry soldiers and has the sense 'outlaw, robber' in modern Turkish usage, though it is not clear whether the word travelled from Hungarian to Turkish or vice versa.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hajduku — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Armenian: հայդուկ (hayduk) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Bulgarian: хайду́к (hajdúk) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Dutch: heiduk — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Finnish: heitukka — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• French: haïdouk — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Georgian: ჰაიდუკი (haiduḳi) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• German: Heiduck — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Italian: aiducco — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Northern Kurdish: hejduk — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Macedonian: ајдук (ajduk) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Macedonian: ајдут (ajdut) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Polish: hajduk — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Portuguese: haiduque — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Romanian: haiduc — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Russian: гайду́к (gajdúk) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Serbo-Croatian: хајдук — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Serbo-Croatian: hajduk — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Spanish: haiduc — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Spanish: haiduqe — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Turkish: haydut — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Ottoman Turkish: حیدود (haydud) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Ukrainian: гайду́к (hajdúk) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Ukrainian: гайдама́ка (hajdamáka) — outlaw, highwayman or freedom fighter in the Balkans
• Dutch: heiduk — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Finnish: heitukka — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Georgian: ჰაიდუკი (haiduḳi) — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• German: Heiduck — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Hungarian: hajdú — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Latin: hajdo — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Polish: hajduk — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Slovak: hajdúch — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary
• Ottoman Turkish: حیدود (haydud) — mercenary foot soldier in Hungary