okurka
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Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Akin to surnames Vokurka, Vogurka, Old Czech oharek (since c. 1410), Slovak uhorka, Old Polish ogurek (since 1394), Polish ogórek, all perhaps from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) or a related form. Derivative wokurko[we] attested around mid-15th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
okurka f
Declension
Further reading
- “okurka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “okurka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- Jitka Šnejdrlová, Názvy zeleniny v češtině. Etymologicko-historický výklad (Vegetable names in Czech. Etymological-historical analysis)