калита

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Kazakh қалта (qalta, pouch, pocket), from Persian خلته (xalta), خلیته (xalīta), from Arabic خَرِيطَة (ḵarīṭa).

Pronunciation

Noun

калита́ (kalitám inan (genitive калиты́, nominative plural калиты́, genitive plural кали́т)

  1. (archaic) money bag, burse, purse
    Synonyms: коше́ль (košélʹ), киса́ (kisá), мошна́ (mošná), сума́ (sumá)
  2. (Northern Russia) a small pastry with potato or cabbage filling
    Synonym: пирожо́к (pirožók)

Declension

References

  • Monchi-Zadeh, Daoud (1975) “Iranische Miszellen”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg (Acta Iranica; 5), Leiden: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 65
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “калита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress