Saka

See also: saka, Sáka, sāka, šaka, şaka, säkä, and šaką

English

Etymology

The name of the Iranian language and people is from Persian ساکا (sâkâ, “Saka”).

Noun

Saka (plural Saka or Sakas or Sacae)

1. Any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

Proper noun

Saka

1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.
2. A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
3. A village in Ida-Viru, Estonia.
4. A village in Courland, Latvia.
5. A commune of Oriental, Morocco.

Translations

language

• Armenian: սակերեն (hy) (sakeren)
• Finnish: saka
• Kazakh: сақ тілі (saq tılı), сақа тілі (saqa tılı)
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• Persian: ساکا (sâkâ)
• Russian: сакский (ru) (sakskij)

town in Japan

• Chinese: 坂町 (bǎndīng)
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• Japanese: 坂町 (Saka-chō)

village in Estonia

• Estonia: Saka
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• German: Sackhof n

village in Latvia

• German: Sackenhausen (pre-1918)
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• Latvian: Saka

commune in Morocco

• Arabic: صاكة (ṣāka)
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Turkish

Proper noun

Saka

1. a male given name