mazurka

See also: Mazurka

English

Alternative forms

• mazourka

Etymology

Via German Mazurka and Russian мазу́рка (mazúrka), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian”), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈzʊə(ɹ)kə/, /məˈzɜː(ɹ)kə/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə

Noun

mazurka (plural mazurkas)

1. (music) A traditional Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 48:

     There is plenty of company, consisting of young men and women, all very neatly dressed in white and black - a true Portuguese habit. Quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, and mazurkas are danced with great vigour and much skill.

2. (music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.
3. (figure skating) A figure skating move that combines elements of the toe loop and bunny-hop.

Derived terms

• mazurkalike
• mazurkist
• polka-mazurka

Translations

dance

• Armenian: մազուրկա (hy) (mazurka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪祖卡 / 玛祖卡 (zh) (mǎzǔkǎ)

• Czech: mazurka (cs) f
• Esperanto: mazurko
• Finnish: masurkka (fi)
• French: mazurka (fr) f, mazurque (fr) f
• German: Mazurka (de) f
• Italian: mazurca f
• Japanese: マズルカ (mazuruka)
• Korean: 마주르카 (majureuka)
• Polish: mazurek (pl) m
• Russian: мазу́рка (ru) f (mazúrka)
• Spanish: mazurca (es) f
• Tagalog: masurka

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish mazur

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Old Polish -ek

Polish -ek

Polish mazurekbor.

Czech mazurka

Borrowed from Polish mazurek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmazurka]

Noun

mazurka f

1. mazurka (Polish dance)

Declension

Declension of mazurka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	mazurka	mazurky
genitive	mazurky	mazurek
dative	mazurce	mazurkám
accusative	mazurku	mazurky
vocative	mazurko	mazurky
locative	mazurce	mazurkách
instrumental	mazurkou	mazurkami

Further reading

• “mazurka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mazurka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Alternative forms

• mazourke, mazurque (Francized forms, dated)

Etymology

From Polish mazurek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.zyʁ.ka/

Noun

mazurka f (plural mazurkas)

1. mazurka

Derived terms

• mazurker
• mazurkeur
• mazurkeuse
• mazurkiste

Further reading

• “mazurka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈzur.ka/
• Rhymes: -urka
• Syllabification: ma‧zur‧ka

Noun

mazurka

1. genitive/accusative singular of mazurek