калкан

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلقان (kalkan, shield).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

калка́н (kalkánm

  1. turbot
  2. (architecture) blind wall, blank wall, dead wall, end-wall
  3. party wall

Declension

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ɨ)- (kalk(ɨ)-).

Noun

калкан (kalkan) (Arabic spelling قالقان)

  1. shield

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

калкан (kalkanm

  1. gable

Nogai

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ɨ)- (kalk(ɨ)-)

Noun

калкан (kalkan)

  1. shield

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “калкан”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

калка́н (kalkánm anim (genitive калка́на, nominative plural калка́ны, genitive plural калка́нов)

  1. Black Sea turbot, kalkan

Declension