ohakas

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ohta- +‎ -kas, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ašta-, whence Latvian aste (“tail”), asaka (“fishbone”), Lithuanian ašaka (“bran, chaff; fishbone”). Cognate to Finnish ohdake, Ingrian ohtajain, Karelian ohtoi, Votic õõhko. Related to ohe (“awn”). === Noun === ohakas (genitive ohaka, partitive ohakat) (botany) thistle (plant of the genus Cirsium) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === ohakas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “ohakas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “ohakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012