parka

See also párka, and parkā

English

Etymology

Aleut parka, from Russian парка (párka).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)kə
• Homophone: Parker (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

parka (plural parkas)

1. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
   • 2002 3 January, James Meek, London Review of Books: 

     Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.

Translations

long jacket

• Finnish: anorakki (fi)
• German: Anorak (de)
• Russian: парка (ru) (párka) f , анорак (ru) (anorák) m 

• Spanish: parka (es) f
• Swedish: parkas (sv) c
• Turkish: parka (tr)

See also

• anorak
• windcheater
• Parka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɑrkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑ
• Hyphenation: par‧ka

Etymology 1

Unknown. The original sense, retained in dialects, is "a rag, swaddling clothes" and it is possible this is an old cognate of the international parka meaning "jacket" (which is known widely across northern Russia), as a loan or even by inheritance from Proto-Uralic.

Noun

parka

1. poor, someone pitiful

   poikaparka (poor boy)

   Voi parkaa! (Poor thing!)

Declension

Declension of parka (type kala) singular plural nominative parka parat genitive paran parkojen parkain1 partitive parkaa parkoja accusative parka paran parat inessive parassa paroissa elative parasta paroista illative parkaan parkoihin adessive paralla paroilla ablative paralta paroilta allative paralle paroille essive parkana parkoina translative paraksi paroiksi instructive – paroin abessive paratta paroitta comitative – parkoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• raukka
• raukkaparka

Etymology 2

Noun

parka

1. parka

Declension

Declension of parka (type kala) singular plural nominative parka parkat genitive parkan parkojen parkain1 partitive parkaa parkoja accusative parka parkan parkat inessive parkassa parkoissa elative parkasta parkoista illative parkaan parkoihin adessive parkalla parkoilla ablative parkalta parkoilta allative parkalle parkoille essive parkana parkoina translative parkaksi parkoiksi instructive – parkoin abessive parkatta parkoitta comitative – parkoineen 1) Rare.

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Latvian

Noun

parka m

1. genitive singular form of parks