Meanings
plural ushankas
- A traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.
I have no idea why he's wearing a ushanka in triple digit heat; bro's forehead must be drenched in sweat.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws“ear”
- Russianуша́нка
- Englishushanka
Borrowed from Russian уша́нка (ušánka), from у́ши (úši) (the accusative or nominative plural of у́хо (úxo, “ear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to see; to be aware of, perceive”) with a shift of meaning) + -а́нка (-ánka) (variant of -я́нка (-jánka, suffix forming names of specific objects)).
More words from Russian, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans oesjanka
- oesjankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Bulgarian уша́нка
- уша́нка (ušánka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Catalan uixanka, casquet de pell
- uixankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- casquet de pelltraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Chinese Mandarin 雷鋒帽 /雷锋帽
- 雷鋒帽 /雷锋帽 (Léifēng mào)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Czech ušanka
- ušankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Dutch oesjanka
- oesjankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Esperanto uŝanko
- uŝankotraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Estonian kõrvikmüts
- kõrvikmütstraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Finnish naapukka, turkislakki
- naapukkatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- turkislakkitraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
French ouchanka, chapka
- ouchankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- chapkatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
German Uschanka
- Uschankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Hungarian usánka
- usánkatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Indonesian ushanka
- ushankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Italian colbacco
- colbaccotraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Japanese ウシャンカ, ロシア帽
- ウシャンカ (ushanka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- ロシア帽 (Roshia-bō)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Korean 우샨카
- 우샨카 (usyanka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Latvian ausaine
- ausainetraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Lithuanian ausinė kepurė
- ausinė kepurėtraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Norwegian Bokmål usjanka, bjørnefitte
- usjankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- bjørnefittetraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Persian اوشانکا
- اوشانکا (ušânkâ)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Polish uszanka, abłaucha
- uszankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- abłauchatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- uszatkatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Portuguese ushanka
- ushankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Romanian ușanca
- ușancatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Russian уша́нка, ша́пка-уша́нка
- уша́нка (ušánka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- ша́пка-уша́нка (šápka-ušánka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Spanish ushanka
- ushankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Swedish usjanka, björnfitta
- usjankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- björnfittatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Turkish uşanka
- uşankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Ukrainian вуша́нка, ша́пка-вуша́нка
- вуша́нка (vušánka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- ша́пка-вуша́нка (šápka-vušánka)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
- капелю́ха (kapeljúxa)traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
Welsh ushanka
- ushankatraditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
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Cite this entry
ushanka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ushanka
“ushanka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ushanka. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ushanka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ushanka.
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