алка

Ultimately from Old Norse alka (“seabird with dark plumage”), back-formed from the scientific name Alcae (“auks”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫkɐ]

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• Rhymes: -aɫkɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): ал‧ка

а́лка • (álka) f

1. auklet (seabird of genus Aethia)

   Synonym: (standard term) коню́га (konjúga)

2. more generally any alcid (seabird of family Alcidae)

   Synonym: гага́рка (gagárka)

алка • (alka)

1. hammer

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫka]
• Rhymes: -iɫka

алка • (alka) f (diminutive алкичка)

1. bracelet
2. link (of a chain)

From Mongolian алх (alx). Cognate to Tofa алаға (alaɣa).

алка • (alka)

1. hammer

• N.N Tydykov, editor (2004), “алқа”, in Tematičeskij slovarʹ severnyx dialektov altajskovo jazyka [Altaic Litarary word and North Altai dialect thematic Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: Surazakova altajstika institut, →ISBN, page 49
• Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 49

• ха̑лка

From Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

• IPA^(key): /âːlka/
• Hyphenation: ал‧ка

а̑лка f (Latin spelling ȃlka)

1. metal ring
2. door knocker
3. tilting at the ring (game)