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Saka

The English word “Saka” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

proper noun

  1. The Iranian language of the Saka people.

Etymology

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.

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