бушлат
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Russian
Etymology
Unclear. Hinze hypothesized that the term is an alteration of German Buschurunk (“sailor's blouse”), influenced by хала́т (xalát, “smock, robe”); Shansky found Hinze's argument insufficiently convincing.
Pronunciation
Noun
бушла́т • (bušlát) m inan (genitive бушла́та, nominative plural бушла́ты, genitive plural бушла́тов)
- (nautical) pea coat
- (by extension) a warm uniform jacket (worn by soldiers, construction workers, prisoners, etc.)
Declension
Declension of бушла́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- деревя́нный бушла́т (derevjánnyj bušlát)
Further reading
- Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бушлат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 242