Etymology

Kalmyk

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Today it means: Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Full definition →

Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*kāl-mak“to stay behind”
  2. English todayKalmyk

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

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