The story
- Proto-Common Turkic · derived from*kalpak
- Middle Persian · derived fromkwlʾp̄k'“little cap; calyx”
- Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقلپاق
- English todaycalpack
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 Proto-Common Turkic *kalpak. Doublet of kolpik.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.