Saka

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noun

A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

OriginSanskrit शक ← Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 ← Scythian →
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Meanings

Saka1

nounSaka (plural Saka or Sakas)

plural Sakas · alternative dated Saca

  1. A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
proper noun

alternative dated Saca

  1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.

Saka2

proper noun

alternative dated Saca

  1. A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  2. A surname.

Saka3

proper noun

alternative dated Saca

  1. A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.

Saka4

proper noun

alternative dated Saca

  1. A village in Courland, Latvia.

Saka5

proper noun

alternative dated Saca

  1. A commune of Oriental, Morocco.

Saka6

proper nounSaka (plural Sakas)

plural Sakas · alternative dated Saca

  1. A surname.

Saka7

proper nounSaka (plural Sakas)

plural Sakas · alternative dated Saca

  1. A surname.

Origin

Saka · noun, proper noun

  1. Scythian
  2. Old Persian𐎿𐎣𐎠“Scythian”
  3. Sanskritशक
  4. EnglishSaka

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.

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Saka · proper noun

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

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Saka · proper noun

  1. EstonianSaka
  2. EnglishSaka

Borrowed from Estonian Saka.

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Saka · proper noun

  1. LatvianSaka
  2. EnglishSaka

Borrowed from Latvian Saka.

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Saka · proper noun

  1. Moroccan Arabicصاكة
  2. EnglishSaka

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).

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Saka · proper noun

  1. TurkishSaka
  2. EnglishSaka

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

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Saka · proper noun

  1. YorubaSaka
  2. EnglishSaka

Borrowed from Yoruba Saka.

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Translations

Arabic صاكة
  • صاكة (ṣāka)commune in Morocco
Bengali শক
  • শক (śok)language
Chinese 坂町
  • 坂町 (Bǎndīng)town in Japan
Chinese Mandarin 塞語 /塞语
  • 塞語 /塞语 (Sàiyǔ)language
Estonian Saka
  • Sakavillage in Estonia
Finnish saka
  • sakalanguage
German Sackhof, Sackenhausen (pre-1918)
  • Sackhofvillage in Estonia
  • Sackenhausen (pre-1918)village in Latvia
Hindi शक
  • शक (śak)language
Japanese コータン語, ホータン・サカ語
  • コータン語 (Kōtan-go)language
  • ホータン・サカ語 (Hōtan-Saka-go)language
  • 坂町 (Saka-chō)town in Japan
Latvian Saka
  • Sakavillage in Latvia
Persian ساکا
  • ساکا (sâkâ)language
Russian сакский
  • сакский (sakskij)language

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Saka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saka

MLA

“Saka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saka. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Saka,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saka.

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