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Saka en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
First attested in the late 19th century as a learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक (śaka), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /Sakā/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /Saka/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Mostly displaced earlier Saca, ultimately from the same source via Latin. Doublet of Saca, Shaka, and Scyth.
Meanings
A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
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Saca
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Sakas
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Saka en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
First attested in the late 19th century as a learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक (śaka), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /Sakā/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /Saka/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Mostly displaced earlier Saca, ultimately from the same source via Latin. Doublet of Saca, Shaka, and Scyth.
Meanings
The Iranian language of the Saka people.
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Translations (12)
kk сақ тілі (language) · bn শক (language) · hi शक (language) · ja ホータン・サカ語 (language) · fi saka (language) · ru сакский (language) · ja コータン語 (language) · sa शक (language) · fa ساکا (language) · hy սակերեն (language) · cmn 塞語 /塞语 (language) · kk сақа тілі (language)
Saka en · PROPN · etymology 2
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 坂(さか) (Saka); sometimes used as a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope.
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A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
A surname.
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mr साका (town in Japan) · ja 坂町 (town in Japan) · zh 坂町 (town in Japan)
Saka en · PROPN · etymology 3
Etymology
Borrowed from Estonian Saka.
Meanings
A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.
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de Sackhof (village in Estonia) · et Saka (village in Estonia)
Saka en · PROPN · etymology 4
Etymology
Borrowed from Latvian Saka.
Meanings
A village in Courland, Latvia.
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de Sackenhausen (pre-1918) (village in Latvia) · lv Saka (village in Latvia)
Saka en · PROPN · etymology 5
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).
Meanings
A commune of Oriental, Morocco.
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ar صاكة (commune in Morocco)
Saka en · PROPN · etymology 6
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish Saka, an occupational surname for a water-carrier, from saka (“water-carrier”).