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Saca

/ˈsɑːkə/

Saca is the dated form of Saka.

Meaning of Saka

Noun

Saka (plural Saka or Sakas)

  1. A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

See all 9 meanings of Saka

Forms of Saca

pluralSacas
pluralSacae

Origin of Saca

First attested in the 17th century as a back-formation from Sacae, from Latin Sacae, an adapted form of Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Now mostly displaced by later Saka, ultimately from the same source via Sanskrit. Doublet of Saka, Shaka, and Scyth.

Questions about Saca

What is Saca the dated form of?
Saca is the dated form of Saka.
How do you pronounce Saca?
Saca is pronounced /ˈsɑːkə/.

Words near Saca in the dictionary

  1. Sac State
  2. sac up
  3. sac-a-lait
  4. sac-gut
  5. sac-guts
  6. Saca
  7. SACAA
  8. Sacacoyo
  9. Sacae
  10. Sacagawea
  11. Sacagawea dollar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Saca (page history and authors); Saka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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