šajkača
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Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]šajka (“type of woolen fabric”) + -ača.
A popular etymology relates it to šajkaši, Serbian river troops in the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Noun
[edit]šajkača f (Cyrillic spelling шајкача)
- a type of cap worn traditionally worn in Serbia by peasants and soldiers, today used as a national symbol