# svastika
## English
### Noun

svastika (plural svastikas)
* Alternative form of swastika

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsvastɪka]

### Noun

svastika f
* swastika (cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left)
    Synonym: hákový kříž

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Noun

svastika n (singular definite svastikaet, plural indefinite svastikaer)
* swastika

#### Inflection
## French
### Alternative forms

* swastika

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /svas.ti.ka/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

svastika m (plural svastikas)
* swastika
    Synonym: croix gammée

### Further reading

* “svastika”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latvian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Noun

svastika f (4th declension)
* swastika (old religious symbol, later co-opted by the German Nazi party)

#### See also

* kāškrusts, kāšu krusts
* ugunskrusts

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsʋaːsʲtʲɪkɐ]

### Noun

svãstika f (plural svãstikos) stress pattern 1
* swastika

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaer, definite plural svastikaene)
* a swastika
    Synonym: hakekors

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Noun

svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaar or svastikaer, definite plural svastikaane or svastikaene)
* a swastika
    Synonyms: hakekors, hakekross

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

#### Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)
* swastika

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From svȃst +‎ -ika.

#### Noun

svàstika f (Cyrillic spelling сва̀стика)
* sister-in-law (wife's sister)

##### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsvastika/

### Noun

svastika f (genitive singular svastiky, nominative plural svastiky, genitive plural svastík, declension pattern of žena)
* swastika
    Synonym: hákový kríž

#### Derived terms

* svastikový

### References

* “svastika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sbasˈtika/ [zβ̞asˈt̪i.ka], /esbasˈtika/ [ez.β̞asˈt̪i.ka]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: svas‧ti‧ka

### Noun

svastika f (plural svastikas)
* swastika

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).

### Noun

svastika c
* a swastika
    Synonym: hakkors