barjak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Via metathesis from Ottoman Turkish بیراق (bayrak, “flag, banner, standard”); modern Turkish bayrak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎrjaːk/
• Hyphenation: bar‧jak
• Rhymes: -jaːk

Noun

bàrjāk m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀рја̄к)

1. flag, banner

   Synonyms: zastava, (Croatia) stijeg

   barjak vije ― the flag is flying

Declension

Declension of barjak

	singular	plural
nominative	bàrjāk	barjáci
genitive	barjáka	barjaka
dative	barjaku	barjacima
accusative	barjak	barjake
vocative	barjače	barjaci
locative	barjaku	barjacima
instrumental	barjakom	barjacima

Derived terms

• barjàktār

References

• “barjak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024