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chayka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
chay-ka
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Ukrainian ча́йка (čájka), Polish czajka, or Slovene čajka. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čajьka.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chaika (alternative) Czajka (alternative) Cajka (alternative)

Questions

What does chayka mean?
A surname.
Where does chayka come from?
It is traced to Polish.

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