полька

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpolʲkə]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish Polka.

Noun

по́лька (pólʹka) f anim (genitive по́льки, nominative plural по́льки, genitive plural по́лек, masculine поля́к)

  1. female Pole, Polish girl or woman
Declension
Synonyms
  • поля́чка (poljáčka) (colloquial)
  • ля́шка (ljáška) (historical, can be slightly derogatory)
  • пше́чка (pšéčka) (derogatory)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech polka (dance in half), from Czech polovina (half), from Proto-Slavic *polъ, further origin uncertain.

Noun

по́лька (pólʹka) f inan (genitive по́льки, nominative plural по́льки, genitive plural по́лек)

  1. (music) polka
Declension
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