Saka

Appendix:Variations of "saka" English Alternative forms en Saca dated Etymology 1 First attested in the late 19th century as a en sa शक 1, from en peo 𐎿𐎣𐎠 Sakā Scythian, from peo 𐎿𐎣 Saka Scythia, from en xsc. Mostly displaced earlier en Saca, ultimately from the same source via Latin. en Saca Shaka Scyth. Noun * s A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau. Proper noun The Iranian language of the Saka people. Translations language Armenian: hy սակերեն Bengali: bn শক Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞語 Finnish: fi saka Hindi: hi शक f Japanese: ja コータン語 コータンご, Kōtan-go, ja ホータン・サカ語 ホータン・サカご, Hōtan-Saka-go Kazakh: kk сақ тілі, kk сақа тілі Persian: fa ساکا sâkâ Russian: ru сакский Sanskrit: sa शक m Etymology 2 en ja - 坂 ^さか; sometimes used as a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope. Proper noun en town prefecture/Hiroshima c/Japan. en. Translations town in Japan Chinese: zh 坂町 Bǎndīng Japanese: ja 坂町 さかちょう, Saka-chō Marathi: mr साका n Etymology 3 en et Saka. Proper noun en village county/Ida-Viru County c/Estonia. Translations village in Estonia Estonian: et Saka German: de Sackhof n Etymology 4 en lv Saka. Proper noun en village r/Courland c/Latvia. Translations village in Latvia German: de Sackenhausen pre-1918 Latvian: lv Saka Etymology 5 en ary صاكة ṣāka. Proper noun en commune r/Oriental c/Morocco. Translations commune in Morocco Arabic: ar صاكة Etymology 6 en tr Saka, an occupational surname for a water-carrier, from tr saka water-carrier. Proper noun s en. Etymology 7 en yo Saka. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Saka is the 40976th 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. Further reading en Ethnonyms Languages Indonesian id: Pronunciation Etymology 1 id jv ꦱꦏ, from id kaw śāka, śaka Shaka year, from id sa शक, sa शाक. Noun en Javanese calendar, en Balinese saka calendar Balinese calendar Etymology 2 id ru саха́, from id sah саха, from id trk-pro *yaka edge; collar. Noun Sakha Further reading Polish Etymology pl 1 Pronunciation Proper noun proper noun form Sak Turkish Proper noun tr male