Saka

Saka · noun, proper noun¹

1. Scythian · derived from
2. Old Persian · derived from𐎿𐎣𐎠“Scythian”
3. Sanskrit · learned borrowing fromशक
4. English todaySaka

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.

Saka · proper noun²

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

Saka · proper noun³

1. Estonian · borrowed fromSaka
2. English todaySaka

Borrowed from Estonian Saka.

Saka · proper noun⁴

1. Latvian · borrowed fromSaka
2. English todaySaka

Borrowed from Latvian Saka.

Saka · proper noun⁵

1. Moroccan Arabic · borrowed fromصاكة
2. English todaySaka

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).

Saka · proper noun⁶

1. Turkish · borrowed fromSaka
2. English todaySaka

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

Saka · proper noun⁷

1. Yoruba · borrowed fromSaka
2. English todaySaka

Borrowed from Yoruba Saka.