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mańka

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See also: manka, Manka, Mańka, mańką, Mańką, and -manka

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɲka
  • Syllabification: mań‧ka
  • Homophone: Mańka

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian manca. First attested in 1612.[1] Doublet of manko.

Noun

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mańka f

  1. (archaic or dialectal, Far Masovian) left hand
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adjective
verb

Etymology 2

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Due to the phonetic similarity with the word Maria.

Noun

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mańka f

  1. (slang) marihuana, weed
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
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References

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  1. ^ Ewa Rodek (23.05.2019) “MAŃKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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  • mańka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “mańka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 113