հայդուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Bulgarian хайду́к (hajdúk), from Hungarian hajdúk. Doublet of հայտուտ (haytut) and հէօտիւք (hēōtiwkʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

հայդուկ • (hayduk)

  1. (historical) hajduk, freedom fighter in the Balkans
  2. (historical) hajduk, an Armenian fighter resisting Turkish massacres

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հայդուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 30a
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