سکا

See also: سكا

Persian
سردیس جنگجوی سکایی از باختر ۱۰۰ پ. م‌

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎿𐎣 (Saka).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.kʰɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.kʰɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.kʰɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? sakā
Dari reading? sakā
Iranian reading? sakâ
Tajik reading? sako

Noun
Dari سَکا
Iranian Persian
Tajik сако

سَکا • (sakâ) (plural سَکاها (sakâ-hâ))

  1. Scyth, Scythian (person from Scythia)
  2. (archaic) Sistani (person from Sistan)

Derived terms

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शुष्क (śuṣka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-.

Cognate with Assamese শুকান (xukan), Bengali শুখা (śukha), English sear, Hindi सूखा (sūkhā) / Urdu سوکھا (sūkhā), Persian خشک (xušk), Romani śuko and Russian сушить (sušitʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʊk.kaˑ/

Adjective

سُکّا (sukkā)

  1. dry

Declension
Declension of سکا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct سُکّا (sukkā) سُکّے (sukke) سُکّی (sukkī) سُکِّیاں (sukkīyā̃)
oblique سُکّے (sukke) سُکّے, سُکّیاں (sukke, sukkeyā̃) سُکّی (sukkī) سُکِّیاں (sukkīyā̃)

Urdu
a Gandharan relief of سکا (sakā, "Scythian, Indo-Scythian") men playing instruments and dancing, Pakistan
a depiction of a battle crafted on the handle of a golden سکا hair comb

Etymology

Either from Classical Persian سکا (sakā) or a modern learned borrowing from an ancient Indo-Iranian language referring to the same nomadic peoples.

Pronunciation

Noun

سکا • (sakā) ?

  1. Scythian; a warlike nomadic people from Scythia
  2. the Indo-Scythians of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan

Ushojo

Noun

سکا (sakā)

  1. relative
    Synonym: رشتہ دار (rištah dār)

Adjective

سکا (sakā)

  1. own, self
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