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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian полка (polka)

Noun

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полка (polka)

  1. shelf

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Macedonian

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полка (polkaf

  1. polka (dance)

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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъka.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpoɫkə]
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по́лка (pólkaf inan (genitive по́лки, nominative plural по́лки, genitive plural по́лок, diminutive по́лочка)

  1. shelf
    • 1905, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], chapter V, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:
      Там на по́лке стоя́л графи́н с во́дкой и лежа́ло я́блоко, разре́занное аккура́тными, то́нкими ломтя́ми.
      Tam na pólke stojál grafín s vódkoj i ležálo jábloko, razrézannoje akkurátnymi, tónkimi lomtjámi.
      A decanter of vodka stood on the shelf, next to an apple that had been divided into thin, precisely cut pieces.
  2. (in a passenger railroad car) berth
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полка́ (polkám inan

  1. genitive singular of полк (polk)

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полка́ (polkám inan

  1. genitive singular of поло́к (polók)
Descendants
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  • Even: полка (polka)
  • Karelian: polčča