parka
Meaning
A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɑɹkə/
Etymology
1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.
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