kołpak

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic колпакъ (kolpakŭ), from Ottoman Turkish قلپاق.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔwpak
  • Syllabification: koł‧pak

Noun

kołpak m inan (diminutive kołpaczek)

  1. hubcap
  2. calpack
  3. (fishing, Far Masovian) type of net
    Synonym: dyrdáł
    Łapie sie ryby kołpakiem w pojedynke, naganiając do niego zdobyc nogami.You catch fish in this net alone, chasing your catch to it with your feet.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: քօլփաք (kʻōlpʻakʻ)

Further reading

  • kołpak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kołpak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “kołpak”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 206