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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلقان (kalkan, “shield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
калка́н • (kalkán) m
- turbot
- (architecture) blind wall, blank wall, dead wall, end-wall
- party wall
Declension
Kyrgyz
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ɨ)- (kalk(ɨ)-).
Noun
калкан • (kalkan) (Arabic spelling قالقان)
- shield
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
калкан • (kalkan) m
- gable
Nogai
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ɨ)- (kalk(ɨ)-)
Noun
калкан • (kalkan)
- 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 • (kalkán) m anim (genitive калка́на, nominative plural калка́ны, genitive plural калка́нов)
- Black Sea turbot, kalkan
Declension