Alaska in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “Alaska” in Hindi is अलास्का, pronounced alāskā . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
From Russian Аля́ска (Aljáska, “Alaska”), in turn from Aleut alaxsxaq (“a mainland”, literally “that toward which the action of the sea is directed”), composed of alag (“pertaining to the sea”) + -sxa (nominalizing suffix, yields 'the objective of action expressed by the root') + -q (nominalizing suffix). Commonly misattributed to Russian ала (ala) + -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix).
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