Anka

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See also: anka, änka, and -anka

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (anchor).

Pronunciation

Noun

Anka m (plural Ankasch)

  1. anchor

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Anna + -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anka
  • Syllabification: An‧ka

Proper noun

Anka f (diminutive Aneczka)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Anna

Declension

Further reading

  • Anka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ana +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âːnka/
  • Hyphenation: An‧ka

Proper noun

Ȃnka f (Cyrillic spelling А̑нка)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie

Declension

Further reading

  • Anka”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عنقا,[1] from Arabic عَنْقَاء (ʕanqāʔ).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: An‧ka

Proper noun

Anka (definite accusative Ankayı, plural Ankalar)

  1. (mythology) phoenix

Declension

Inflection
Nominative Anka
Definite accusative Ankayı
Singular Plural
Nominative Anka Ankalar
Definite accusative Ankayı Ankaları
Dative Ankaya Ankalara
Locative Ankada Ankalarda
Ablative Ankadan Ankalardan
Genitive Ankanın Ankaların

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عنقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1325
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “Anka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Anka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu