# sloka
## English
### Noun

sloka (plural slokas)
* Alternative form of shloka
** 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

### Anagrams

* Solak, Kaslo, Sokal, Kolas, skoal, kolas, Lasko

## Czech
### Etymology

Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsloka]

### Noun

sloka f
* stanza (unit of a poem)
    Synonyms: strofa; (dated) sloha
* verse (section of a song)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “sloka”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 640
* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) “sloka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 556

### Further reading

* “sloka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sloka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sloka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [slùoka]
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### Noun

sloka f (4th declension)
* woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)
    sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight
    sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests
    naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sloka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /slòːka/, /slóːka/

### Noun

slọ̄ka f
* Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “sloka”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Swedish
### Verb

sloka (present slokar, preterite slokade, supine slokat, imperative sloka)
* to slouch, to droop

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* slokörad

### References

* sloka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* kolas, skola