kolpik

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noun

A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur).

OriginTurkish kalpak →
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Meanings

nounkolpik (plural kolpiks)

plural kolpiks

  1. A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur).

Origin

  1. Turkishkalpak
  2. Englishkolpik

From Turkish kalpak. Doublet of calpack.

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kolpik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolpik

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Chicago

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