patka

From Punjabi ਪਟਕਾ (paṭkā).

patka (plural patkas)

1. A head covering worn by Sikh boys, and by Sikh men either alone or as an under-turban.

• Patak

From pata +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatka]

patka f (relational adjective patkový, diminutive patička)

1. diminutive of pata

• “patka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “patka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “patka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From French patte +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat.ka/

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• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: pat‧ka
• Homophone: Patka

patka f

1. flap (strip of material sewn or pinned to a garment, used to tighten a loose part of it or as a decoration)

   Hypernym: pasek

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtъka, derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

• IPA^(key): /pâtka/
• Hyphenation: pat‧ka

pȁtka f (Cyrillic spelling па̏тка, diminutive pȁtkica or pȁčica)

1. duck (female)

• pátak (“male duck”)
• ptȉca (“bird”)

• “patka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• patga

From Ottoman Turkish پاتقه (patka).

patka (definite accusative patkayı, plural patkalar) (dialectal)

1. tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
2. northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

• elmabaş patka (“common pochard (Aythya ferina)”)
• kara patka (“common scoter (Melanitta nigra)”)
• karabaş patka (“greater bluebill (Aythya marila”)
• pasbaş patka (“castaneous duck (Aythya nyroca)”)
• tepeli patka (“tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)”)