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haydamak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hay-damak
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian гайдамака (hajdamaka), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish هايدامق (haydamak), probably from the Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), combined with the Ottoman Turkish ـمق (-mak), possibly under influence of Ukrainian -ак (-ak), related to haydamak.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: هايدامق, هایده, ـمق

Inflected Forms

haydamaks (plural) haidamak (alternative)

Questions

What does haydamak mean?
a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.
Where does haydamak come from?
Borrowed from Ukrainian гайдамака (hajdamaka), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish هايدامق (haydamak), probably from the Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), combined with the Ottoman Turkish ـمق (-mak), possibly under influence of Ukrainian -ак (-ak), related to haydamak.

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