Message: "surname Czajka" - Behind the Name

surname Czajka

by eien

11/1/2006, 3:27 PM

Hello,

I saw this name in the database. It is listed as a Polish surname meaning "lapwing."

Could anyone help me out on pronunciation of this name?

Thanks for your help,

Eien

#Czajka

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- Agata (ADT)

11/5/2006, 7:09 PM

tshay-ka

- asz

11/5/2006, 6:35 AM

I don't know how to write it down phonetically in English, but it would be something like this:
ch+eye+ka
"cz" is like "ch" in "church"
"aj" is like "eye"
stress the first syllable and you've got a lapwing in Polish.
Here's some extra help on Polish pronunciation: http://www.math.nyu.edu/~wendlc/pronunciation/Polish.html
Greetings from Poland!

- M.Sagani (guest) +1

11/2/2006, 7:12 AM

Yhe pronounciation should be

CHAHEEKA

"ch" is pronounced like "ch" in "chalk".

- masha

11/5/2006, 2:41 PM

This is a Russian surname, too, meaning "see-gull".
Should be pronounced the same way as in Polish: tshaj-ka.

Greetings from Saint-Petersburg! ))

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