politika

See also: Politika, politiķa, politikā, and polítika

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish política.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlitika/ [poˈliː.t̪i.ka]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Noun

polítiká (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ)

1. politics

   Naunsa na ang politika?

   What's the matter with the politics?

Derived terms

• pagpamolitika
• pamolitika
• politikanhon

Related terms

• politikal
• politiko

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós)bor.

Latin polīticuslbor.

French politiquebor.

German Politikbor.

Czech politika

Borrowed from German Politik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪtɪka]

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Noun

politika f

1. politics
2. policy

   provést politiky ― to implement policies

Declension

Declension of politika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	politika	politiky
genitive	politiky	politik
dative	politice	politikám
accusative	politiku	politiky
vocative	politiko	politiky
locative	politice	politikách
instrumental	politikou	politikami

Derived terms

• fiskální politika
• monetární politika

Related terms

• See polis

• politický
• politik
• politikum
• politizace
• politizovat
• zpolitizovat

Further reading

• “politika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “politika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “politika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈtika/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Adjective

politika (accusative singular politikan, plural politikaj, accusative plural politikajn)

1. political

Related terms

• politiko

Further reading

• “politika”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “politika”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin politica, from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ, “politics”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolitikɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

politika (countable and uncountable, plural politikák)

1. politics
2. policy (plan or course of action)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	politika	politikák
accusative	politikát	politikákat
dative	politikának	politikáknak
instrumental	politikával	politikákkal
causal-final	politikáért	politikákért
translative	politikává	politikákká
terminative	politikáig	politikákig
essive-formal	politikaként	politikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	politikában	politikákban
superessive	politikán	politikákon
adessive	politikánál	politikáknál
illative	politikába	politikákba
sublative	politikára	politikákra
allative	politikához	politikákhoz
elative	politikából	politikákból
delative	politikáról	politikákról
ablative	politikától	politikáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	politikáé	politikáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	politikáéi	politikákéi

Possessive forms of politika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	politikám	politikáim
2nd person sing.	politikád	politikáid
3rd person sing.	politikája	politikái
1st person plural	politikánk	politikáink
2nd person plural	politikátok	politikáitok
3rd person plural	politikájuk	politikáik

Derived terms

• politikai

Compound words

• belpolitika
• külpolitika
• pártpolitika
• politikaelmélet
• politikamentes
• politikatudomány
• struccpolitika

Related terms

• politikus
• politizál

Further reading

• politika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔlːitːikːa]
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Noun

politika f (4th declension)

1. (uncountable) politics (the branch of public activity, which includes the state system, administration, activity, relations between states, peoples, social groups)
2. (countable) policy (prethought, considered, also resourceful behavior, action, also a set of techniques to achieve some goal)

Declension

Declension of politika (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	politika	politikas
genitive	politikas	politiku
dative	politikai	politikām
accusative	politiku	politikas
instrumental	politiku	politikām
locative	politikā	politikās
vocative	politika	politikas

Related terms

adjectives

• politisks

nouns

• politikānis m
• politiķis m
• politkorektums

References

• “politika” in Latviešu literārās valodas vārdnīca
• “politika” in Mūsdienu latviešu valodas vārdnīca
• politika at tezaurs.lv

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈlʲɪtʲɪkɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtʲɪkɐ
• Syllabification: po‧li̇̀‧ti‧ka

Noun

poli̇̀tika f stress pattern 1

1. politics
2. policy

Declension

Declension of poli̇̀tika

	singular	plural
nominative	poli̇̀tika	poli̇̀tikos
genitive	poli̇̀tikos	poli̇̀tikų
dative	poli̇̀tikai	poli̇̀tikoms
accusative	poli̇̀tiką	poli̇̀tikas
instrumental	poli̇̀tika	poli̇̀tikomis
locative	poli̇̀tikoje	poli̇̀tikose
vocative	poli̇̀tika	poli̇̀tikos

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin politica, from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈlitʲika/, [pɔˈlʲitʲika]

Noun

politika f

1. politics

Declension

Declension of politika

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	politika
genitive	politiki
dative	politice
accusative	politiku
instrumental	politiku
locative	politice

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “politika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian politica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈliː.tɪ.ka/
• Rhymes: -iːtɪka

Noun

politika f (plural politiki)

1. politics
2. policy

Adjective

politika f

1. feminine singular of politiku

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polǐtika/
  • IPA^(key): /pôlitika/ (Dubrovnik)
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Noun

polìtika f (Cyrillic spelling полѝтика)

1. policy
2. (uncountable) politics

Declension

Declension of politika

	singular	plural
nominative	politika	politike
genitive	politike	politika
dative	politici	politikama
accusative	politiku	politike
vocative	politiko	politike
locative	politici	politikama
instrumental	politikom	politikama

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin politica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔlitika/, [ˈpɔlitika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Noun

politika f (relational adjective politický)

1. politics
2. policy

Declension

Declension of politika
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	politika	politiky
genitive	politiky	politík
dative	politike	politikám
accusative	politiku	politiky
locative	politike	politikách
instrumental	politikou	politikami

Derived terms

• politik m
• politička f
• politický (adjective)
• politicky (adverb)
• politickosť f

Further reading

• “politika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pulitika — superseded, pre-2014

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós)

Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ)bor.

Latin politicabor.

Spanish políticabor.

Tagalog politika

Borrowed from Spanish política, borrowed from Latin politica, borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ), from πολιτικός (politikós), from πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poˈlitika/ [poˌliː.t̪ɪˈx̠a]
• Rhymes: -itika
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ti‧ka

Noun

polítiká (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ)

1. (uncountable) politics
2. (uncommon) policy

   Synonyms: polisiya, patakaran

Derived terms

• agham pampolitika
• mamolitika
• pamomolitika
• pampolitika
• politikahin

Related terms

• akropolis
• metropolis
• metropolitano
• polisiya
• politikal
• politiko
• pulis
• pulisya

Further reading

• “politika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian politicabor.

Ottoman Turkish پولتیقه (politika)

Turkish politika

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پولتیقه (politika), borrowed from Italian politica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.li.tiˈka/

• Audio:

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Noun

politika (definite accusative politikayı, plural politikalar)

1. politics

   Synonym: siyaset

2. policy

Declension

Declension of politika

singular plural nominative politika politikalar definite accusative politikayı politikaları dative politikaya politikalara locative politikada politikalarda ablative politikadan politikalardan genitive politikanın politikaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular politikam politikalarım 2nd singular politikan politikaların 3rd singular politikası politikaları 1st plural politikamız politikalarımız 2nd plural politikanız politikalarınız 3rd plural politikaları politikaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular politikamı politikalarımı 2nd singular politikanı politikalarını 3rd singular politikasını politikalarını 1st plural politikamızı politikalarımızı 2nd plural politikanızı politikalarınızı 3rd plural politikalarını politikalarını dative singular plural 1st singular politikama politikalarıma 2nd singular politikana politikalarına 3rd singular politikasına politikalarına 1st plural politikamıza politikalarımıza 2nd plural politikanıza politikalarınıza 3rd plural politikalarına politikalarına locative singular plural 1st singular politikamda politikalarımda 2nd singular politikanda politikalarında 3rd singular politikasında politikalarında 1st plural politikamızda politikalarımızda 2nd plural politikanızda politikalarınızda 3rd plural politikalarında politikalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular politikamdan politikalarımdan 2nd singular politikandan politikalarından 3rd singular politikasından politikalarından 1st plural politikamızdan politikalarımızdan 2nd plural politikanızdan politikalarınızdan 3rd plural politikalarından politikalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular politikamın politikalarımın 2nd singular politikanın politikalarının 3rd singular politikasının politikalarının 1st plural politikamızın politikalarımızın 2nd plural politikanızın politikalarınızın 3rd plural politikalarının politikalarının

Derived terms

• politikacı