kołpak

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic колпакъ (kolpakŭ), from Ottoman Turkish قلپاق (Turkish kalpak), from Proto-Turkic or from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k' (kulāfak, little cap; calyx), diminutive of kwlʾp̄ (kulāf, cap, bonnet), (Persian کلاهک (kolâhak), diminutive of کلاه (kolâh, hat)), or from Common Turkic *kalpak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔw.pak/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔwpak
  • Syllabification: koł‧pak

Noun

kołpak m inan (diminutive kołpaczek)

  1. hubcap
  2. calpack

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: քօլփաք (kʻōlpʻakʻ)

Further reading

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