Janka

See also: Janką and jänkä

Plautdietsch

Noun

Janka m (plural Jankasch)

1. covetousness
2. yen, hankering, strong desire

Polish

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Janka

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjan.ka/

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• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: Jan‧ka

Etymology 1

Clipping of Janina + -ka.

Proper noun

Janka f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Janina

Declension

Declension of Janka

	singular	plural
nominative	Janka	Janki
genitive	Janki	Janek
dative	Jance	Jankom
accusative	Jankę	Janki
instrumental	Janką	Jankami
locative	Jance	Jankach
vocative	Janko	Janki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Janka m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of Janek

Further reading

• Janka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjanka]

Proper noun

Janka m pers (female equivalent Janková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Janka
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Janka	Jankovia	Jankovci
genitive	Janku	Jankov	Jankovcov
dative	Jankovi	Jankom	Jankovcom
accusative	Janku	Jankov	Jankovcov
locative	Jankovi	Jankoch	Jankovcoch
instrumental	Jankom	Jankami	Jankovcami

Further reading

• “Janka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025