swastika

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswɒstɪkə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswɒstəkə/
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• General-American: /ˈswɑstɪkə/
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• General-American: /ˈswɑstəkə/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈswɔstɘkɘ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S W AA1 S T IH0 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिका (svastikā).

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika), from सु- (su-, “good, well”) + अस्ति (asti), a verbal abstract of the root of the verb "to be", स्वस्ति (svasti) thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क (ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". First attestation in English in 1871, a Sanskritism that replaced the Grecian term gammadion. From 1932 onwards it often referred specifically to the version used by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (also called the "hooked cross", or German Hakenkreuz).

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Albanian: svastikë — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Arabic: صَلِيب مَعْقُوف (ṣalīb maʕqūf) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Armenian: սվաստիկա (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Azerbaijani: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Belarusian: сва́стыка (svástyka) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Bengali: স্বস্তিকচিহ্ন (swostikcihno) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Bengali: স্বস্তিক (śostik) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Bengali: স্বস্তিকা (śostikā) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Bulgarian: сва́стика (svástika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Burmese: စကြာ (ca.kra) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Catalan: esvàstica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Catalan: creu gammada — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Cantonese: 卍 (maan6) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Cantonese: 卐 (maan6) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬 /万 (wàn) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬字符 /万字符 (wànzìfú) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 卍 (wàn) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 卐 (wàn) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 卍字 (wànzì) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 卐字 (wànzì) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Wu Chinese: 卍 (6ve) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Wu Chinese: 卐 (6ve) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Czech: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Danish: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Danish: hagekors — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Dutch: hakenkruis — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Dutch: swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Esperanto: svastiko — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Esperanto: hokokruco — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Estonian: haakrist — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Estonian: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Faroese: hakakrossur — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Finnish: hakaristi — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• French: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• French: croix gammée — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Georgian: სვასტიკა (svasṭiḳa) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• German: Hakenkreuz — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• German: Swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Greek: σβάστικα (svástika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Greek: αγκυλωτός σταυρός (agkylotós stavrós) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Gujarati: સ્વસ્તિક (svastik) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Hebrew: צְלַב קֶרֶס (tslav kéres) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Hindi: स्वस्तिक (svastik) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Hindi: साथिया (sāthiyā) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Hungarian: horogkereszt — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Icelandic: hakakross — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Indonesian: swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Irish: svaistice — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Italian: svastica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Italian: croce gammata — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Japanese: 卍 (manji) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Japanese: 卐 (manji) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Japanese: スワスティカ (suwasutika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Japanese: 鉤十字 (kagijūji) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Japanese: ハーケンクロイツ (hākenkuroitsu) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Kannada: ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಕ (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Kazakh: свастика (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Khmer: ស្វស្តិក (svahstekaʼ) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Korean: 만자문 (manjamun) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Korean: 스와스티카 (seuwaseutika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Korean: 만자 (manja) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Korean: 완자 (wanja) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Kyrgyz: свастика (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Lao: ສວັດສະຕິກະ (suat sa ti ka) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Latvian: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Latvian: kāškrusts — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Lithuanian: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Luxembourgish: Hakekräiz — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Macedonian: кукест крст (kukest krst) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Macedonian: свастика (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Malay: banji — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Malay: swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Manx: crosh chast — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Mongolian: хас (xas) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Navajo: náhookǫs — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Navajo: náhootałii — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Norwegian Bokmål: hakekors — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Norwegian Bokmål: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hakekors — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hakekross — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Occitan: svastica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Persian: صلیب شکسته (salib-e šekaste) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Polish: swastyka — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Portuguese: suástica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Portuguese: cruz gamada — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀅 (satthia) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Romanian: svastică — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Russian: сва́стика (svástika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Russian: коловра́т (kolovrát) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Samogitian: svastėka — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: сва̀стика — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏ловра̑т — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: кукасти крст — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: сварзица — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: svàstika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍlovrȃt — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: kukasti krst — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Serbo-Croatian: svarzica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Silesian: hakenkrojc — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Sinhalese: ස්වස්තික (swastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Slovak: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Slovene: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Spanish: esvástica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Spanish: cruz gamada — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Spanish: suástica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Spanish: svástica — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Swedish: hakkors — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Swedish: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Tajik: свастика (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Telugu: స్వస్తిక (svastika) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Thai: สวัสติกะ (sà-wàt-dtì-gà) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Tibetan: གཡུང་དྲུང་ (g.yung drung) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Tocharian B: svastik — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Turkish: gamalı haç — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Turkmen: swastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Ukrainian: сва́стика (svástyka) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Urdu: سوستک (svastik) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Urdu: سواستیکا (svāstikā) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Uzbek: svastika — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Vietnamese: chữ vạn — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Yiddish: האַקנקרייץ (haknkreyts) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
• Yiddish: סװאַסטיקע (svastike) — a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle