якорь

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧкорь (ękorĭ), from Latin ancora (“anchor”) via Old Swedish ankari (> Swedish ankare), Old Norse akkeri, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor; hook”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjakərʲ]

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я́корь • (jákorʹ) m inan (genitive я́коря, nominative plural якоря́, genitive plural якоре́й, related adjective я́корный)

1. anchor

   я́корь мне в за́дницу! ― jákorʹ mne v zádnicu! ― an anchor into my ass! (expression of utter bewilderment or disapproval)

2. (electrical) armature core, armature
3. (acoustic) reed

• → Kildin Sami: ёакар (joakar)
• → Yakut: дьаакыр (jaakır)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “якорь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress