# sekta
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Russian се́кта (sékta).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sekta (definite accusative sektanı, plural sektalar)
* cult (a group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs)
    Synonym: təriqət

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sekta” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Latin secta religious followers, secta, from Latin secta following, from sequi follow.

### Noun

sekta
* Sect.

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sekta, from Latin secta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛkta]

### Noun

sekta f
* sect, cult

#### Derived terms

* sektář
* sektářský

#### Related terms

* sekce

### Further reading

* “sekta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sekta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sekta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Faroese
### Verb

sekta (third person singular past indicative sektaði, third person plural past indicative sektað, supine sektað)
* to punish

#### Related terms

* sekt (penalty)
* sekur (guilty)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From sekt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛxta/
* Rhymes: -ɛxta

### Verb

sekta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sektaði, supine sektað)
* to fine (impose a fine on)

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “sekta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* sekte (Indonesian)

### Etymology

From English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of secō.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor) IPA: /ˈsektə/ [ˈseʔ.t̪ə]
* (Penang, Baku) IPA: /ˈsekta/ [ˈseʔ.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: sek‧ta

### Noun

sekta (Jawi spelling سيکتا, plural sekta-sekta, informal 1st possessive sektaku, 2nd possessive sektamu, 3rd possessive sektanya)
* (religion) sect
    Synonym: taifah

### Further reading

* “sekta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* sekten

### Noun

sekta m or f
* definite feminine singular of sekt

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

sekta f
* definite singular of sekt

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin secta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈsɛkta/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈsɛkta/

### Noun

sekta f
* sect
    Synonym: rota

#### Descendants

* Czech: sekta

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sekta”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin secta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛk.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛkta
* Syllabification: sek‧ta

### Noun

sekta f
* (derogatory, religion) cult, sect
    Synonym: kult

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sekta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* sekta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sêkta/
* Hyphenation: sek‧ta

### Noun

sȅkta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏кта)
* sect

#### Declension
## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sector.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

sekta class IX (plural sekta class X)
* sector (section, esp. in industry)

### References

* ↑ Batibo, Herman M. (1994) “Does Kiswahili have diphthongs: interpreting foreign sounds in African languages”, in South African Journal of African Languages‎, volume 14, number 4, →DOI, page 183 of 180-186

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Spanish secta.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsekta/ [ˈsɛk.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ekta
* Syllabification: sek‧ta

### Noun

sekta (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜆ)
* (religion) sect

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English sector.

### Noun

sekta
* sector