"Surka" meaning in All languages combined

See Surka on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Surkas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Surka (plural Surkas)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Surka-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 52

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈsɔr.ka/, /ˈsœr.ka/ Forms: Sorka [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔrka, -œrka (local variant) Etymology: An old Norwegian river name, usually connected with the reconstructed Germanic stems *swark- and *swork- (“to darken, become black”), related to svart (“black”); hence probably originally “the dark one”. A sound-symbolic origin, comparable to surkle (“to gurgle”), has also been proposed. Compare the related Norwegian river names Svarka, Sverka and Svorka. First attested in the Middle Ages indirectly in Surkudalr, the Old Norse name of Sørkedalen. Etymology templates: {{etydate|Middle Ages}} First attested in the Middle Ages Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Surka
  1. (historical) The former name of Sørkedalselva, a river flowing through Sørkedalen in Oslo. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Surka-nb-name-Me8Yy~44
  2. A traditional name borne by several rivers and streams in Eastern Norway.
    Sense id: en-Surka-nb-name-C5V6O4VM Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Sorknes (english: Norwegian place name), Sørkedalen (english: valley in Oslo)
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