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svastika

svastika

See also: svastikā and svastiką

English

Noun

svastika (plural svastikas)

  1. Alternative form of swastika

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika f

  1. swastika (cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika n (singular definite svastikaet, plural indefinite svastikaer)

  1. swastika

Inflection


French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svas.ti.ka/

Noun

svastika m (plural svastikas)

  1. swastika

Latvian

Hinduisma svastika
Nacistu svastika

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika f (4th declension)

  1. swastika (old religious symbol, later co-opted by the German Nazi party)

Declension

See also


Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʋaːsʲtʲɪkɐ]

Noun

svãstika f (plural svãstikos) stress pattern 1

  1. swastika

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaer, definite plural svastikaene)

  1. a swastika

Synonyms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaar or svastikaer, definite plural svastikaane or svastikaene)

  1. a swastika

Synonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)

  1. swastika
Declension

Etymology 2

svast + -ika

Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)

  1. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika f (genitive singular svastiky, nominative plural svastiky, declension pattern of žena)

  1. swastika

Declension

Synonyms

  • hákový kríž m

Derived terms

  • svastikový

References

  • svastika in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika f (plural svastikas)

  1. swastika

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

Noun

svastika c

  1. a swastika

Declension

Inflection of svastika 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svastika svastikan svastikor svastikorna
Genitive svastikas svastikans svastikors svastikornas

Synonyms