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sanjak

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈsandʒak/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, obsolete

Qualifier: inexact

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sanjakbey

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sanxhak — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Arabic: سَنْجَق (sanjaq) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Armenian: սանջակ (sanǰak) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • French: sandjak — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Hungarian: szandzsák — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Italian: sangiacco — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Kazakh: санжақ (sanjaq) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Marathi: सांजाक (sāñjāk) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Russian: санджак (sandžak) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Turkish: sancak — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق (sancak) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوا (liva) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire
  • Uyghur: سانجاق (sanjaq) — an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire