transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈswäs-ti-kə also ]
swä-ˈstē- noun
Etymology: Sanskrit svastika, from svasti well-being, from su- well + as- to be; akin to Sanskrit asti he is, Old English is; from its being regarded as a good luck symbol
Date: 1871
1. : a symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms extended at right angles all in the same rotary direction
2. : a swastika used as a symbol of anti-Semitism or of Nazism