halka

halka

1. romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌰

From dialectal chalka, from chała.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal.ka/

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• Rhymes: -alka
• Syllabification: hal‧ka
• Homophones: chalka, Halka

halka f (diminutive haleczka)

1. petticoat (undergarment)

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

• ȃlka

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

• IPA^(key): /xâːlka/
• Hyphenation: hal‧ka

hȃlka f (Cyrillic spelling ха̑лка)

1. metal ring
2. door knocker
3. tilting at the ring (game)

From hal (“slippery”). Regarding k, compare with svalka and torka. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk hølkeføre (“slippery conditions”).

halka c

1. slippery conditions

   Vi varnar för halka

   We're issuing a warning for slippery road conditions

Assumed to refer to road conditions unless qualified.

• blixthalka
• halkvarning (“a warning about slippery road conditions”)

• väglag

halka (present halkar, preterite halkade, supine halkat, imperative halka)

1. to slip (lose one's footing)

   Han halkade på det våta golvet

   He slipped on the wet floor

• halka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• halka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• halka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

halka (definite accusative halkayı, plural halkalar)

1. circle
2. hoop
3. ring
4. (mathematics) ring

• halkacı

• (mathematics) cisim
• (mathematics) grup

halka

1. dative singular of halk