kaptur

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kaptur

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Old East Slavic kap(ъ)turъ (kap(ŭ)turŭ), from Tatar kapturga, or from Lithuanian gobtuvas, from gobti.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kaptur m inan (diminutive kapturek)

  1. hood (headwear)
  2. (figurative) monkhood
  3. (colloquial, historical) court of law during interregna in Poland which ruled on criminal offences
    Synonym: sąd kapturowy

Declension

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kaptur”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

  • kaptur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kaptur in Polish dictionaries at PWN