parka

• parkee
• parki

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka).^[1][2][3] Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹkə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːkə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kə
• Homophone: Parker (non-rhotic)

parka (plural parkas)

1. (clothing) A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
   • 2002 January 3, James Meek, London Review of Books:

     Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.

• → Afrikaans: parka
• → Chinese: 派克 (pàikè)
• → Dutch: parka
• → Finnish: parka
• → French: parka
• → German: Parka
• → Italian: parka
• → Japanese: パーカ (pāka)
• → Korean: 파카 (paka)
• → Polish: parka
• → Spanish: parka
• → Swedish: parkas
• → Turkish: parka

• anorak
• windcheater
• parka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Russian па́рка (párka).

parka

1. parka, coat

• → English: parka (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Russian парка (parka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈparka]
• Hyphenation: par‧ka

parka f

1. parka

• bunda

• “parka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “parka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrkɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): par‧ka

Uncertain. Perhaps an old cognate of the internationalism parka (“a sort of jacket”). If so, a loan from Tundra Nenets or, less likely, inherited from Proto-Uralic.^[1]

parka

1. poor thing, someone pitiful

   Synonyms: polo, poloinen, raasu, raukka, raukkaparka

   poikaparka ― poor boy

   tyttöparka ― poor girl

   miesparka ― poor man

   naisparka ― poor woman

   Voi parkaa! ― (Oh,) poor thing!

2. (dialectal) rag, swaddling of clothes

• “1. parka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Internationalism (compare English parka). From Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Possibly related to parka (etymology 1; see there for more).

parka

1. parka

• “2. parka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

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parka m or f (plural parkas)

1. parka

• “parka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

parka m

1. genitive singular of parks

• IPA^(key): /ˈparka/

parka

1. inflection of park:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ka/

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• Rhymes: -arka
• Syllabification: par‧ka

From para (“couple”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

parka f

1. diminutive of para

From para (“steam”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

parka f

1. (rare) diminutive of para

Borrowed from English parka, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka).

parka f

1. parka (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Learned borrowing from Latin Parca.

parka f

1. (Roman mythology) Parca (one of the Fates)

• parka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

parka f (plural parkas)

1. parka

• “parka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28