Saka

• Saca (dated)

First attested in the late 19th century as a learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक (śaka), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Mostly displaced earlier Saca, ultimately from the same source via Latin. Doublet of Saca, Shaka, and Scyth.

Saka (plural Saka or Sakas)

1. A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

Saka

1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.

Borrowed from Japanese 坂(さか) (Saka); sometimes used as a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope.

Saka

1. A town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
2. A surname.

Borrowed from Estonian Saka.

Saka

1. A village in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.

Borrowed from Latvian Saka.

Saka

1. A village in Courland, Latvia.

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صاكة (ṣāka).

Saka

1. A commune of Oriental, Morocco.

Borrowed from Turkish Saka, an occupational surname for a water-carrier, from saka (“water-carrier”).

Saka (plural Sakas)

1. A surname.

Borrowed from Yoruba Saka.

Saka (plural Sakas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saka is the 40976^th 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaka/ [ˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Sa‧ka

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦏ (saka), from Old Javanese śāka, śaka (“Shaka year”), from Sanskrit शक (śaka), शाक (śāka).

Saka (plural Saka-Saka)

1. Javanese calendar, Balinese calendar

Borrowed from Russian саха́ (saxá), from Yakut саха (saqa), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“edge; collar”).

Saka (plural Saka-Saka)

1. Sakha

• “Saka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Saka

1. a male given name