Dictionary

parka en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɑɹkə/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɑːkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

Meanings

1. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
   • Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez. 2002 January 3, James Meek, London Review of Books:

Forms

Deriveds

packing parka · parka squirrel · snorkel parka · parkaed

Descendants

parka · 파카 · parkas · parka · パーカ · parka · parka · 派克 · Parka · parka · parka · parka · parka

Relateds

anorak · windcheater

Translations (31)

bg парка (long jacket) · esu kamliikaq (long jacket) · fi anorakki (long jacket) · ko 아노락 (long jacket) · fr doudoune (long jacket) · ja アノラック (long jacket) · es parka (long jacket) · ru пухови́к (long jacket) · fr parka (long jacket) · ga parca (long jacket) · nl parka (long jacket) · tr parka (long jacket) · ru анора́к (long jacket) · sv parkas (long jacket) · id parka (long jacket) · alr ит'ын (long jacket) · ru па́рка (long jacket) · it parka (long jacket) · cs větrovka (long jacket) · ko 파카 (long jacket) · de Parka (long jacket) · cmn 派克大衣 (long jacket) · ja パーカ (long jacket) · de Anorak (long jacket) · pl parka (long jacket) · cs parka (long jacket) · af parkajas (long jacket) · af parka (long jacket) · fi parka (long jacket) · cs bunda s kapucí (long jacket) · ale parka (long jacket)