The story
- Russian · borrowed fromкула́к“wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”
- English todaykulak
1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.