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English
Noun
kalpak (plural kalpaks)
- Alternative spelling of calpack
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قلپاق, from Common Turkic *qalpāq ~ *qalfāq. Cognates include Azerbaijani qalpaq, Bashkir ҡалпаҡ (qalpaq), Kumyk къалпакъ (qalpaq), Tatar калфак, калпак (qalfaq, qalpaq), Kazakh қалпақ (qalpaq), Southern Altai калпык (kalpïk, “eyelid”), калпак (kalpak), Uzbek qalpoq, Turkmen galpak (“a baby's first hair”), Chuvash калпак (kalp̬ak, “cap, bonnet, hat”). Ultimately from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k' (kulāfak, “little cap; calyx”), diminutive of kwlʾp̄ (kulāf, “cap, bonnet”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɫˈpak/
- Rhymes: -ak
- Hyphenation: kal‧pak
Noun
kalpak (definite accusative kalpağı, plural kalpaklar)
- calpack
Declension