sankari

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋkɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ŋkɑ̝ri] Rhymes: -ɑŋkɑri Syllabification(key): san‧ka‧ri Hyphenation(key): san‧ka‧ri === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Old Swedish sangare (“singer”). Compare with Väinämöinen, the singing hero. Another theory suggests it is derived from the verb sangata or sankailla, ("to resist, to defy, threaten"). Can be related to the words sankka, sakea, sangen (compare voimakas). ==== Noun ==== sankari hero, heroine ===== Usage notes ===== In old usage and regional dialects the word could also have negative connotations, in the sense of tyrant, troublemaker, brawler. ===== Declension ===== Literary/archaic genitive plural: sankarten ===== Synonyms ===== (hero): sankaritar (heroine), hyvis (colloquial), urho ===== Antonyms ===== roisto ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “sankari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Possibly from sankari (etymology 1) with the dialectal meaning "strong animal", due to its large size. ==== Noun ==== sankari great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) ===== Declension ===== === Anagrams === karsain, karsina, raiskan, sarkain