parka
nounUS /ˈpɑɹkə/ · UK /ˈpɑːkə/
Etymology 1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.
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Business, Clothing, Fashion, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Textiles A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
- Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.2002 January 3, James Meek, London Review of Books:
- Derived terms
- packing parka, parkaed, parka squirrel, snorkel parka
- Related terms
- anorak, windcheater