ҡалҡан

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Bashkir

Ҡалҡан тотҡан егет
A young man holding a shield

Etymology

Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽰𐾁𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qalqan), Kazakh қалқан (qalqan), Kyrgyz калкан (kalkan), Southern Altai калка (kalka, shed), Uzbek qalqon, Uyghur قالقان (qalqan), Azerbaijani qalxan, Turkish kalkan, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ҡал‧ҡан

Noun

ҡалҡан (qalqan)

  1. shield, a piece of defensive armor carried on the arm

Declension