calpack

English

a man wearing a calpack

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish kalpak,[1] from Old Turkic, from Proto-Turkic[2] or from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k' (kulāfak, “little cap; calyx”), diminutive of kwlʾp̄ (kulāf, “cap, bonnet”),[3][4] (Persian کلاهک‎ (kolâhak), diminutive of کلاه‎ (kolâh, “hat”)), or from common Turkic *qalpaq.[5]

Noun

calpack (plural calpacks)

  1. A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ "calpack." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008.
  2. ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kalpak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ↑ calpack in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ↑ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kulāf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52
  5. ↑ "kalpak." Turkic Etymology. StarLing database server. 2003.
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