Word "flag" in Croatian

Last modified: 2016-03-24 by antónio martins
Keywords: zastava | barjak | stijeg | plamenac |
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• Overview
• Word " zastava "
• Word " ⰸⰰⱄⱅⰰⰲⰰ "
• Word " застава "
• Word " barjak "
• Word " stijeg "
• Word " plamenac "

• Genetic affiliation: > Indo-European > Slavic > South Slavic > Western South Slavic

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• About Croatian (hrv) in the ISO 639-3 website
• About Croatian (hrv) in Ethnologue.com
• Željko Heimer’s English-Croatian vexillological dictionary

Overview

Of course, the everyday speach and use does not differentiante among these finesses — and the three words "zastava", "barjak" and "stijeg" are virtually homonimes.
Željko Heimer, 16 Aug 2007

Word " zastava "

Word:

zastava

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*za-stav-

Noun class:

♀ (feminine)

External links:

• Croatian Wikipedia article about zastava
• English Wikitionary entry about zastava

According to my research, "zastava" is a default, all-encompasing generical term, and by the far most used version.
Željko Heimer, 16 Aug 2007

Word " ⰸⰰⱄⱅⰰⰲⰰ "

Word:

ⰸⰰⱄⱅⰰⰲⰰ

Transliteration:

zastava

Script:

Glagolitic

Variant:

historical/residual form of "zastava"

Word " застава "

Word:

застава

Transliteration:

zastava

Script:

Cyrillic

Variant:

historical/residual form of "zastava"

Remarks:

form in Western Cyrillic

Word " barjak " (="banner")

Word:

barjak

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*bayrak

Meaning:

banner

"Barjak" is a word derived from Turkish "bayrak", often used in poetry and “poetical” use, but also it refers to such kind of flags that may deserve to get into poems — if you know what I mean — like the military colours and similar.
Željko Heimer, 16 Aug 2007

Word " stijeg " (="standard")

Word:

stijeg

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*steg

Meaning:

standard

"Steg / stijeg" is parallel to English "standard" — the flag that denotes the "standing / standpoint" of its owner. In this regard it is reserved for the postional flags, more or less. It is also a prefered term for the flag staff (“man-high”, but even for the flag pole, although there are others for that use as well).
Željko Heimer, 16 Aug 2007

Word " plamenac " (="flag")

Word:

plamenac

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Meaning:

flag

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