Saka
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
The name of the Iranian language and people is from Persian ساکا (sâkâ, “Saka”).
Noun edit
Saka (plural Saka or Sakas or Sacae)
Proper noun edit
Saka
- The Iranian language of the Saka people.
- A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
- A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.
- A village in Courland, Latvia.
- A commune of Oriental, Morocco.
Translations edit
language
village in Latvia
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commune in Morocco
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Etymology 2 edit
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Turkish Saka, an occupational surname for a water-carrier, from saka (“water-carrier”).
- Borrowed from Yoruba Saka, a surname of unexplained origin.
- Borrowed from Japanese 坂 (Saka), a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope.
Proper noun edit
Saka (plural Sakas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saka is the 40976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Saka is most common among White (46.62%), Black/African American (31.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.67%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦱꦏ (saka), from Sanskrit शक (śaka), शाक (śāka).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Saka (first-person possessive Sakaku, second-person possessive Sakamu, third-person possessive Sakanya)
Further reading edit
- “Saka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Saka
- a male given name