Etymology

bashlyk

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Today it means: A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks. Full definition →

Russian башлы́к ← Ottoman Turkish باشلق
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromباشلق
  2. Russian · borrowed fromбашлы́к
  3. English todaybashlyk

From Russian башлы́к (bašlýk), from Ottoman Turkish باشلق (başlık).

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