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şaka.

joke

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaˈka/[ʃɑˈkɑ]

  1. joke

  2. prank

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Arabic شَقَاء (šaqāʔ)bor. Ottoman Turkish شقا (şaka) Turkish şaka From Ottoman Turkish شاقه, شقا (şaka, “fun, joke”), further origin unknown. May be an ironic derivation of Arabic شَقَاء (šaqāʔ, “unhappiness”).

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