Etymology

haydamak

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Today it means: a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century. Full definition →

Ukrainian гайдамака ← Ottoman Turkish هايدامق
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromـمق
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromهایده
  3. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromهايدامق
  4. Ukrainian · borrowed fromгайдамака
  5. English todayhaydamak

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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