якорь

From Old East Slavic ѧкорь (ękorĭ), from Latin ancora (“anchor”) via Old Swedish ankari (> Swedish ankare), Old Norse akkeri, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor; hook”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjakərʲ]

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я́корь • (jákorʹ) m inan (genitive я́коря, nominative plural якоря́, genitive plural якоре́й)

1. anchor

   я́корь мне в за́дницу! ― jákorʹ mne v zádnicu! ― an anchor into my ass! (expression of utter bewilderment or disapproval)

2. (electrical) armature core, armature
3. (acoustic) reed

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “якорь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress