колтун

Russian

Etymology

Compare Polish kołtun.

Noun

колту́н (koltún) m inan

  1. densely matted hair, Polish plait
    • 1926, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков (Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, Полотенце с петухом (Towel with rooster; translated by Michael Glenny as "The Embroidered Towel")
      Све́тлые, чуть рыжева́тые во́лосы све́шивались со стола́ сби́вшимся засо́хшим колтуно́м.
      Svétlyje, čutʹ ryževátyje vólosy svéšivalisʹ so stolá sbívšimsja zasóxšim koltunóm.
      Her fair, slightly reddish hair hung down from the table in a ragged dried-up matted clump.

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