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Saka (disambiguation)

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Saka were the Achaemenid "Scythian" satrapy.

Saka may also refer to:

Scythians

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Places

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Other uses

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  • Saka or a last stand in battle, an ancient Indian tradition of men fighting to death. The practice was accompanied by jauhar, a women self-immolation when facing certain defeat in a war.
  • Saka language, a variety of Eastern Iranian languages, attested from the ancient Buddhist kingdoms of Khotan and Tumshuq in the Tarim Basin
  • Makhuwa language, also Makhuwa-Saka language, a dialect of Nkutu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

People with the surname

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See also

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