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Saka.

A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

Where this word comes from

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.

name

  1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.

Where this word comes from

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.

name

  1. A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

  2. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 坂(さか) (Saka); sometimes used as a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope.

name

  1. A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Estonian Saka.

name

  1. A village in Courland, Latvia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latvian Saka.

name

  1. A commune of Oriental, Morocco.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).

name

  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Turkish Saka, an occupational surname for a water-carrier, from saka (“water-carrier”).

name

  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Yoruba Saka.

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