Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Common Turkic*kalpak
- Middle Persiankwlʾp̄k'“little cap; calyx”
- Ottoman Turkishقلپاق
- Englishcalpack
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.
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Middle Persian, Proto-Common Turkic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian калпа́к
- калпа́к (kalpák)hat
Chinese Mandarin 卡爾帕克 /卡尔帕克
- 卡爾帕克 /卡尔帕克 (kǎ'ěrpàkè)hat
Czech kalpak
- kalpakhat
French colback
- colbackhat
German Kalpak
- Kalpakhat
Greek καλπάκι
- καλπάκι (kalpáki)hat
Polish kołpak
- kołpakhat
Russian колпа́к
- колпа́к (kolpák)hat
Turkish kalpak
- kalpakhat
Ukrainian ковпа́к, ковпи́к
- ковпа́к (kovpák)hat
- ковпи́к (kovpýk)hat
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