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sobaka

//sɔˈba.ka/ | /sɔˈba.ka//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    datedregionaldog (Canis lupus familiaris)
  2. 2.
    colloquialderogatoryblackguard, scoundrel

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian соба́ка (sobáka) or Ukrainian соба́ка (sobáka), from Old East Slavic собака (sobaka), from Middle Iranian dialectal *sabāka-, from Proto-Medo-Parthian *spā́kəh, from Proto-Iranian *cwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

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