sloka

sloka (plural slokas)

1. Alternative form of shloka
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:

     But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

• Solak, Kaslo, Sokal, Kolas, skoal, kolas, Lasko

Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann^[1] with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈsloka]

sloka f

1. stanza (unit of a poem)

   Synonyms: strofa; (dated) sloha

2. verse (section of a song)

• “sloka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sloka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sloka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

 

 sloka on Latvian Wikipedia

 

From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [slùoka]

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sloka f (4th declension)

1. woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)

   sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight

   sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests

   naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

From Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

• IPA^(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/

slọ̄ka f

1. snipe

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• “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

sloka (present slokar, preterite slokade, supine slokat, imperative sloka)

1. to slouch, to droop

• slokörad

• sloka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kolas, skola