Anka

See also: anka, änka, and -anka

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German anker, from Latin ancora (“anchor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anka/

Noun

Anka m (plural Ankasch)

1. anchor

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Anna + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ka/

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• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: An‧ka

Proper noun

Anka f (diminutive Aneczka)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Anna

Declension

Declension of Anka

	singular	plural
nominative	Anka	Anki
genitive	Anki	Anek
dative	Ance	Ankom
accusative	Ankę	Anki
instrumental	Anką	Ankami
locative	Ance	Ankach
vocative	Anko	Anki

Further reading

• Anka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ana +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âːnka/
• Hyphenation: An‧ka

Proper noun

Ȃnka f (Cyrillic spelling А̑нка)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie

Declension

Declension of Anka

	singular
nominative	Anka
genitive	Anke
dative	Anki
accusative	Anku
vocative	Anko
locative	Anki
instrumental	Ankom

Further reading

• “Anka”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عنقا, from Arabic عَنْقَاء (ʕanqāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aŋ.kaː]
• Hyphenation: An‧ka

Proper noun

Anka (definite accusative Ankayı, plural Ankalar)

1. (mythology) phoenix

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	Anka
Definite accusative	Ankayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Anka	Ankalar
Definite accusative	Ankayı	Ankaları
Dative	Ankaya	Ankalara
Locative	Ankada	Ankalarda
Ablative	Ankadan	Ankalardan
Genitive	Ankanın	Ankaların

Synonyms

• Simurg
• Zümrüdüanka