haydamak

H4A1Y4D2A1M3A1K5

noun

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

OriginUkrainian гайдамака ← Ottoman Turkish هايدامق →
Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhaydamak (plural haydamaks)

plural haydamaks · alternative haidamak

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

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishـمق
  2. Ottoman Turkishهایده
  3. Ottoman Turkishهايدامق
  4. Ukrainianгайдамака
  5. Englishhaydamak

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.

More words from Ukrainian, Ottoman Turkish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

haydamak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haydamak

MLA

“haydamak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haydamak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haydamak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haydamak.

Source: haydamak on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.