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haydamak

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

Noun

haydamak (plural haydamaks)

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

Forms of haydamak

pluralhaydamaks
alternative formhaidamak

Origin of haydamak

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.

Questions about haydamak

What does haydamak mean?
Haydamak means a Ukrainian (often Cossack) insurgent against Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.
What part of speech is haydamak?
Haydamak is a noun.
What is the plural of haydamak?
The plural of haydamak is haydamaks.

Words near haydamak in the dictionary

  1. haycocks
  2. Haycox
  3. Haycoxes
  4. Haycraft
  5. Haycrafts
  6. haydamak
  7. haydamaks
  8. Haydarpaşa
  9. hayday
  10. haydays
  11. Haydel

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