sarki

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See also: särki, sarķī, sarķi, şarkı, and Sarki

English

Etymology

From Hausa sarkī.

Noun

sarki (plural sarkis)

  1. (Nigeria) The emir of a Hausa-Fulani emirate.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Hausa

Sarkin Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. (Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.)

Etymology

Compare Warji sààrá (“emir”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sarkī m (feminine saraunìyā, plural sarākunā̀ or sàràkai, possessed form sarkin)

  1. emir, king, chief
  2. boss, leader
  3. (card games) ace

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

sark (“pole”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

sarki (not comparable)

  1. polar, arctic
    sarki fény ― aurora
    a hosszú sarki éjszaka ― the long polar night
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sarki sarkiak
accusative sarkit sarkiakat
dative sarkinak sarkiaknak
instrumental sarkival sarkiakkal
causal-final sarkiért sarkiakért
translative sarkivá sarkiakká
terminative sarkiig sarkiakig
essive-formal sarkiként sarkiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive sarkiban sarkiakban
superessive sarkin sarkiakon
adessive sarkinál sarkiaknál
illative sarkiba sarkiakba
sublative sarkira sarkiakra
allative sarkihoz sarkiakhoz
elative sarkiból sarkiakból
delative sarkiról sarkiakról
ablative sarkitól sarkiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		sarkié sarkiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		sarkiéi sarkiakéi
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions

Etymology 2

sarok (“corner; heel”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

sarki (not comparable)

  1. corner (attributive)
    sarki lámpaoszlop ― corner lamp post
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sarki sarkiak
accusative sarkit sarkiakat
dative sarkinak sarkiaknak
instrumental sarkival sarkiakkal
causal-final sarkiért sarkiakért
translative sarkivá sarkiakká
terminative sarkiig sarkiakig
essive-formal sarkiként sarkiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive sarkiban sarkiakban
superessive sarkin sarkiakon
adessive sarkinál sarkiaknál
illative sarkiba sarkiakba
sublative sarkira sarkiakra
allative sarkihoz sarkiakhoz
elative sarkiból sarkiakból
delative sarkiról sarkiakról
ablative sarkitól sarkiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		sarkié sarkiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		sarkiéi sarkiakéi

Further reading

  • sarki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Noun

sarki

  1. plural of sarko

Latvian

Verb

sarki

  1. second-person singular past indicative of sarkt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English shark.

Pronunciation

Noun

sarki

  1. shark
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