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Alternative forms

(Gospel of Luke): Luk., Lk (abbreviation), Luc. (rare abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luːk/, /lɪu̯k/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /lʉk/
Rhymes: -uːk
Homophone: look (Scotland, Northern Ireland, some of Northern England)

Proper noun

Luke

A male given name.
- 2005, Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 94:
  "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.
- 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED‎, archived from the original on 2025-02-02:
  The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 4:14:
  :
  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Tartu, Estonia.
A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Derived terms

Luke-Acts

Related terms

(given name): Luca, Lucas, Luka

surnames

Translations

given name

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas)
Albanian: Lukë
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (Luqa)

Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas)
Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)
Aromanian: Luca m
Asturian: Lluques (ast)
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Bavarian: Lukas
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Central Franconian: Lukas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 路加 (Lô-gă)

Mandarin: 盧克 / 卢克 (Lúkè)
Coptic: ⲗⲟⲩⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ (loukaios)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukas
Dutch: Lukas (nl)
Esperanto: Luko
Estonian: Luukas
Extremaduran: Lucas
Finnish: Luukas (fi)
French: Luc (fr)
Galician: Lucas (gl) m
Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa)
German: Lukas (de)
Alemannic German: Lukas m
Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás), Λουκ (el) (Louk) (transliteration from English)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m
Indonesian: Lukas
Irish: Lúcás (ga)
Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku)
Latin: Lucas (la)
Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Lukas
Lombard: Lüga m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Lukas m

German Low German: Lukas m
Luxembourgish: Lukas m
Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka)
Malayalam: ലൂക്കോസ് (lūkkōsŭ), ലൂക്കാ (lūkkā)
Maltese: Luqa (mt)
Maori: Ruka (mi)
Norwegian: Lukas (no)
Occitan: Luc m
Pennsylvania German: Lukas
Persian: لوکاس (lukâs)
Polish: Łukasz (pl)
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro)
Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká), Люк (ru) m (Ljuk) (transliteration)
Saterland Frisian: Lukas
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Лука

Roman: Luka (sh)
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es)
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukas (sv)
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas)
Ukrainian: Лука́ (uk) f (Luká), Лука́ш (uk) m (Lukáš)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m
West Frisian: Lukas
Wolof: Luug
Zealandic: Lucas

evangelist

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas)
Albanian: Lukë
Arabic: لُوقَا (lūqā)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (Luqa)

Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas)
Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)
Asturian: Lluques (ast)
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Caló: Lucas
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 路加 (Lô-gă)

Mandarin: 路加 (zh) (Lùjiā)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukas
Dutch: Lucas (nl)
Estonian: Luukas
Finnish: Luukas (fi)
French: Luc (fr)
Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa)
German: Lukas (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍃 m (lukas)
Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás)
Ancient: Λουκᾶς m (Loukâs)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hindi: लूका (hi) m (Lūkā)
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m
Indonesian: Lukas
Irish: Lúcás (ga) m
Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku), ルカ (Ruka)
Kazakh: Лұқа (Lūqa)
Korean: 루카 (Ruka)
Latin: Lūcās (la) m
Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Lukas m
Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka)
Norwegian: Lukas (no)
Old English: Lūcas m
Persian: لوقا (fa) (luqâ)
Polish: Łukasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro) m
Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká)
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m
Sinhalese: ධර්මදූත ලූක් තුමා (dharmadūta lūk tumā)
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es)
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukas (sv)
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Telugu: లూకా (te) (lūkā)
Thai: ลูกา
Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas)
Turkish: Luka
Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m
West Frisian: Lukas
Wolof: Luug
Zealandic: Lucas

gospel of Luke

Afrikaans: Lukas (af)
Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (luḳasi muc̣'ur ʒ́udaġesun)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ (iwāngiliyun d-Luqa)

Hebrew: כרוזותא דלוקא (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)

Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)
Armenian: Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի (Avetaran əst Ġukasi)
Asturian: Lluques (ast)
Basque: Lukas (eu)
Breton: Lukaz (br) m
Burmese: ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင် (hranglu.kahka.rac-wang)
Catalan: Lluc (ca)
Cebuano: Lucas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 路加福音 (lou⁶ gaa¹ fuk¹ jam¹)

Eastern Min: 路加福音 (Lô-gă Hók Ĭng)

Hakka: 路加福音 (Lu-kâ Fuk-yîm)

Hokkien: 路加福音 (Lō͘-ka Hok-im)

Mandarin: 路加福音 (zh) (Lùjiā Fúyīn)
Corsican: Lucca (co)
Czech: Lukáš (cs)
Danish: Lukasevangeliet n (definitive form)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Evangelie naar Lucas
Estonian: Luuka m
Farefare: Luki, Aluki, Luka
Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi
French: ^{(please verify)} Évangile selon Luc (fr) , ^{(please verify)} Lc
Georgian: ლუკას სახარება (luḳas saxareba)
German: ^{(please verify)} das Evangelium nach Lukas , ^{(please verify)} Lk (de)
Greek: κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον n (katá Loukán evangélion)
Hawaiian: Luka
Hindi: लूका (hi) (lūkā)
Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m
Ido: Lukas (io) m
Indonesian: Lukas
Irish: Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Lúcáis m, Soiscéal Lúcáis m, Lúcás (ga) m
Italian: Luca (it)
Japanese: ルカによる福音書 (Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho)
Kazakh: Лұқа (Lūqa)
Korean: 루카 복음서 (Ruka bogeumseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لۆقا (loqa)
Latin: Lucas (la) m
Latvian: Lūka (lv) m
Limburgish: Lucas
Lithuanian: Evangelija pagal Luką (lt) f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} Евангелие според Лука n (Evangelie spored Luka)
Maori: Ruka (mi)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Evangeliet etter Lukas (no) , ^{(please verify)} Luk (no)
Persian: لوقا (fa) (luqâ)
Polish: Ewangelia Łukasza f
Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m
Romanian: Luca (ro) m
Russian: Евангелие от Луки n (Jevangelije ot Luki)
Scots: Luke
Scottish Gaelic: Soisgeul Lùcais m
Slovak: Lukáš m
Slovene: Luka (sl) m
Spanish: Lucas (es) m
Swahili: Luka (sw)
Swedish: Lukasevangeliet n
Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m
Thai: ลูกา
Urdu: لوقا (loqā)
Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant)
Waray-Waray: Lucas
Welsh: Luc (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc f
West Frisian: Lukas
Zealandic: Lucas

villages in Bosnia and Serbia

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Луке

Latin: Luke (sh)

village in North Macedonia

Albanian: Lluka
French: Louké
Macedonian: Луке (Luke)
Polish: Łuke

Anagrams

leku, leuk-, Leuk

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