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Saka

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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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.

Noun

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Saka (plural Saka or Sakas)

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

Proper noun

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Saka

  1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.
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Etymology 2

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

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Saka

  1. A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  2. A surname.
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Estonian Saka.

Proper noun

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Saka

  1. A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.
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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Latvian Saka.

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Saka

  1. A village in Courland, Latvia.
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Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).

Proper noun

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Saka

  1. A commune of Oriental, Morocco.
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Etymology 6

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

Proper noun

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Saka (plural Sakas)

  1. A surname.

Etymology 7

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Borrowed from Yoruba Saka.

Proper noun

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Saka (plural Sakas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Saka is the 40976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Saka is most common among White (46.62%), Black/African American (31.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.67%) individuals.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦱꦏ (saka), from Sanskrit शक (śaka), शाक (śāka).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saka/
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ka

Noun

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Saka (first-person possessive Sakaku, second-person possessive Sakamu, third-person possessive Sakanya)

  1. Javanese calendar, Balinese calendar.

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Turkish

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Proper noun

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Saka

  1. a male given name