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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swas•ti•ka /ˈswɑstɪkə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -kas. - Anthropologya symbolic figure of ancient origin, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm then being bent at right angles in a uniformly clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
- this figure as the emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swas•ti•ka (swos′ti kə or, esp. Brit., swas′-),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologya figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
- this figure as the official emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.
- Sanskrit svastika, equivalent. to su- good, well (cognate with Greek eu- eu-) + as- be (see is) + -ti- abstract noun, nominal suffix + -ka secondary noun, nominal suffix
- 1850–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swastika /ˈswɒstɪkə/ n - a primitive religious symbol or ornament in the shape of a Greek cross, usually having the ends of the arms bent at right angles in either a clockwise or anticlockwise direction
- this symbol with clockwise arms, officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany
Etymology: 19th Century: from Sanskrit svastika, from svasti prosperity; from the belief that it brings good luck |