patka

See also: pätkä

English

Etymology

From Punjabi ਪਟਕਾ (paṭkā).

Noun

patka (plural patkas)

1. A head covering worn by Sikh boys.
2. The same head covering worn by Sikh men either alone or as an under-turban.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâtka/
• Hyphenation: pat‧ka

Noun

pȁtka f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тка)

1. duck (female)

Declension

Declension of patka

	singular	plural
nominative	pȁtka	patke
genitive	patke	pȁtākā / pȁtkī
dative	patki	patkama
accusative	patku	patke
vocative	patko	patke
locative	patki	patkama
instrumental	patkom	patkama

Related terms

• pátak (“male duck”)

References

• “patka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Turkish

Alternative forms

• patga

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاتقه (patka).

Noun

patka (definite accusative patkayı, plural patkalar) (dialectal)

1. tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
2. northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	patka
Definite accusative	patkayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patka	patkalar
Definite accusative	patkayı	patkaları
Dative	patkaya	patkalara
Locative	patkada	patkalarda
Ablative	patkadan	patkalardan
Genitive	patkanın	patkaların

Derived terms

• elmabaş patka (“common pochard (Aythya ferina)”)
• kara patka (“common scoter (Melanitta nigra)”)
• karabaş patka (“greater bluebill (Aythya marila”)
• pasbaş patka (“castaneous duck (Aythya nyroca)”)
• tepeli patka (“tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)”)