-анка

• -янка (-janka)

Inherited from Old Slovak -anka. By surface analysis, -ан (-an) +‎ -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key): [-ˈaŋka]
• Rhymes: -aŋka
• Hyphenation: ан‧ка

-анка (-anka) f (male equivalent -анєц)

1. suffix appended to verbs to form related nouns

   ‎мачац (mačac, “to dip”) + ‎-анка (-anka) → ‎мачанка (mačanka, “sauce”)

2. female equivalent of -анєц (-anjec) and -ан (-an): suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an inhabitant, feature or a human relation.

• Some nouns ending in -анка (-anka) are simply the result of a noun stem ending in -ан- (-an-) suffixed with -ка (-ka), for instance Британка (Britanka) or Иранка (Iranka).

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “-анка/-янка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 863

• IPA^(key): [ˈankə]

-а́нка • (-ánka)

1. alternative form of -я́нка (-jánka) (used after hushing consonants (ш ж ч щ) and ц)

   ‎мх- (mx-, “moss”) + ‎-а́нка (-ánka) → ‎мша́нка (mšánka, “pearlwort; polyzoon”)

From -анин (-anyn) +‎ -ка (-ka).

-анка • (-anka) f pers (variant -янка or -инка or -івка or -ійка or -ка, masculine -анин or -анець)

1. -ian, -ite (forming nouns, usually feminine demonyms)

   парижа́нка ― paryžánka ― Parisian (female)

2. female equivalent of -анин / -анець (-anyn)

From -ання (-annja) +‎ -ка (-ka).

-анка • (-anka) f inan (variant -янка)

1. (forming feminine nouns) -ness, -ing

   бовтанка ― bovtanka ― batter, bumpiness