farkku

far- +‎ -kku; originally derived from farmarihousut (“jeans”) > farmarit (“jeans”) > farkut (“jeans”), from which it spread to some other senses and compounds of farmari

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑrkːu/, [ˈfɑ̝rkːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkːu
• Hyphenation^(key): fark‧ku

farkku (informal)

1. (in compounds) Clipping of farkkukangas (“denim cloth”).

   Synonym: denim

   farkkutakki ― denim jacket

2. station wagon

   Synonyms: farmari, farmariauto

• farkut (“jeans”)

• “farkku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02