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shuka

shuka noun: a sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.

Noun

shuka (plural shukas)

  1. A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
    • I don't know when the change to un-greased shukas took place, but images of Maasai in the 50s show some wearing loose, ungreased shukas—maybe earlier than that. Even now, some are greased and others not. “Cotton” shukas were worn up until the mid‐90s when the manufacturers switched to a woolly...2020, Donna Pido, quotee, edited by Jennifer Harris, A Companion to Textile Culture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155

Proper noun capitalized: Shuka

Shuka

  1. (Hinduism) The son of the sage Vyasa (credited as the organizer of the Vedas and Puranas) and the main narrator of the Bhagavata Purana.

Forms of shuka

pluralshukas

Origin of shuka

From Swahili shuka.

From Sanskrit शुक (śuka, “parrot”).

Questions about shuka

What does shuka mean?
Shuka means a sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
What part of speech is shuka?
Shuka can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shuka?
The plural of shuka is shukas.

Words near shuka in the dictionary

  1. Shuicheng
  2. Shuilin
  3. shuiskite
  4. Shuitianhua
  5. shuk
  6. shuka
  7. shukas
  8. Shukla
  9. Shuklas
  10. Shukra
  11. Shukria

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