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falka

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See also: falkã

Hungarian

Etymology

From fal + -ka. Originally meant "piece, part".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒlkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: fal‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

falka (plural falkák)

  1. pack (of dogs, wolves)
  2. flock (of sheep, birds)
  3. herd (of pigs)
  4. pride (of lions)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • falka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

falka f

  1. (Żywiec) alternative form of fajka

Further reading

  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “falka”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355

Romani

Noun

falka f (plural falki)

  1. chin

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Falke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alka
  • Syllabification: fal‧ka

Noun

falka f

  1. falcon (bird of prey of the genus Falco)

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic فُلْك (fulk, ship).

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Pronunciation

Noun

falka class IX (plural falka class X)

  1. (nautical) hold (cargo area)

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