| babka | (noun) a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds | - |
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| babushka | (noun) a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women | - |
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| balalaika | (noun) a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings | - |
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| bazooka | (noun) a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
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| burka | (noun) a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | Synonyms: burqa |
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| chachka | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
| chukka | (noun) a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede | Synonyms: chukka boot |
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| (noun) (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | Synonyms: chukker |
| dika | (noun) African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites | Synonyms: Irvingia gabonensis, wild mango, wild mango tree |
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| fanaloka | (noun) civet of Madagascar | Synonyms: Fossa fossa |
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| kamilavka | (noun) A headdress worn among Orthodox Christian monastics and clergy. | - |
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| kapeika | (noun) 100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel in Belarus | - |
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| kapuka | (noun) small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental | Synonyms: Griselinia littoralis |
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| kawaka | (noun) New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress | Synonyms: Libocedrus plumosa |
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| kopiyka | (noun) 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine | - |
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| markka | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Finland | Synonyms: Finnish mark |
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| mazurka | (noun) a Polish national dance in triple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the mazurka | - |
| morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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| moussaka | (noun) casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
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| nastika | (noun) Technical term in Hinduism used to classify philosophical schools and persons that do not accept the authority of the Vedas as supreme revealed scriptures. | - |
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| oka | (noun) South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers | Synonyms: oca, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis tuberosa |
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| (noun) a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds | - |
| (noun) a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints | - |
| palooka | (noun) a second-rate prize fighter | Synonyms: stumblebum |
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| paprika | (noun) a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos | - |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| parka | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, windbreaker, windcheater |
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| patka | (noun) a scarf worn by Sikh men | - |
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| perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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| pika | (noun) small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America | Synonyms: coney, cony, mouse hare, rock rabbit |
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| polka | (noun) a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time | - |
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| (noun) music performed for dancing the polka | - |
| (verb) dance a polka | - |
| psychometrika | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometry |
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| pucka | (adjective) absolutely first class and genuine | Synonyms: pukka |
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| puka | (noun) small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers | Synonyms: Meryta sinclairii |
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| (noun) South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers | Synonyms: Griselinia lucida |
| pukka | (adjective) absolutely first class and genuine | Synonyms: pucka |
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| qindarka | (noun) 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania | Synonyms: qintar |
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| sheika | (noun) the wife of a sheik | Synonyms: sheikha |
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| sika | (noun) small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers | Synonyms: Cervus nippon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer |
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| stotinka | (noun) 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria | - |
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| swastika | (noun) the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | Synonyms: Hakenkreuz |
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| taka | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisa | - |
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| tanka | (noun) a Tibetan religious painting on fabric | - |
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| (noun) a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables | - |
| troika | (noun) a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast | - |
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| (noun) a modern Russian triumvirate | - |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet |
| vodka | (noun) unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia | - |
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| weka | (noun) flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting | Synonyms: maori hen, wood hen |
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| yarmulka | (noun) a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | Synonyms: yarmelke, yarmulke |
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