Definify.com

Definition 2025

See also: sarka, Šárka, sarķa, and sarƙa

šárka f ‎(plural šárkos) stress pattern 1

magpie (one of several species in the genus Corvidae, especially the Eurasian magpie, Pica pica)

declension of šarka

↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 27898 1, page 440
↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 750

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śórˀkaˀ; compare Proto-Slavic *s(v)orka, Old Prussian sarke ‎(“magpie”).^[1] When compared with Ancient Greek κόραξ ‎(kórax, “raven”) a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱor-h̥₂k- can be reconstructed, however they may well be independent formations.^[2] In any case, both forms ultimately go back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱor- ‎(“crow, raven”), whence also, with various suffixes, Ancient Greek κορώνη ‎(korṓnē, “crow”); Latin cornīx ‎(“crow”) and corvus ‎(“raven”).

IPA^(key): /ˈʂarkɐ/