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Shuka

Shuka

See also: shuka

English

Shuka preaching the students.

Proper noun

Shuka

  1. (hinduism) The son of the sage Vyasa (credited as the organizer of the Vedas and Puranas) and the main narrator of the Bhagavata Purana.

shuka

shuka

See also: Shuka

English

Noun

shuka (plural shukas)

  1. A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.

Anagrams


Hausa

Noun

shūkā̀ f (plural shuke shuke)

  1. plants, crops

Verb

shūkā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to sow, to plant

Swahili

Noun

shuka (n class, plural shuka) or shuka (ma class, plural mashuka)

  1. sash, loincloth (length of cloth used as clothing)
  2. bedsheet

Usage notes

The secondary Ma class inflection (noun classes 5/6) is generally reserved for a longer length of cloth, and always used for bedsheets.