parka

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See also párka, and parkā

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Etymology [edit]

Aleut parka, from Russian парка (párka).

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Noun [edit]

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.

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Pronunciation [edit]

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

Etymology 1 [edit]

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.

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parka

  1. poor, someone pitiful
    poikaparka (poor boy)
    Voi parkaa! (Poor thing!)
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parka

  1. parka
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Latvian [edit]

Noun [edit]

parka m

  1. genitive singular form of parks