calpack

calpack

English

a man wearing a calpack

Alternative forms

• calpac, colback, colpack, kalpak

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قلپاق‎ (Turkish kalpak),[1][2], from Proto-Turkic[3] or from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k' (kulāfak, “little cap; calyx”), diminutive of kwlʾp̄ (kulāf, “cap, bonnet”),[4][5] (Persian کلاهک‎ (kolâhak), diminutive of کلاه‎ (kolâh, “hat”)), or from Common Turkic *kalpak.[6] Doublet of kolpik.

Noun

calpack (plural calpacks)

1. A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.

Translations

hat

Azerbaijani: qalpaq (az) Bashkir: ҡалпаҡ (qalpaq) Belarusian: каўпа́к m (kaŭpák) Bulgarian: калпа́к m (kalpák) Chinese: Mandarin: 卡爾帕克／卡尔帕克 (kǎ'ěrpàkè) French: colback (fr) m German: Kalpak m Karakalpak: qalpaq Kazakh: қалпақ (kk) (qalpaq) Kumyk: къалпакъ (qalpaq) Kyrgyz: калпак (ky) (kalpak) Old East Slavic: колпакъ m (kolpakŭ) Ottoman Turkish: قلپاق‎ (kalpak) Polish: kołpak (pl) m Russian: колпа́к (ru) m (kolpák) Tatar: калпак (tt) (qalpaq) Turkish: kalpak (tr) Turkmen: telpek Ukrainian: ковпа́к (uk) m (kovpák), ковпи́к m (kovpýk) Uyghur: قالپاق‎ (qalpaq) Uzbek: qalpoq (uz)

References

1. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Calpack”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 42, column 3.
2. "calpack." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008.
3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kalpak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
4. calpack in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
5. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kulāf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52
6. "kalpak." Turkic Etymology. StarLing database server. 2003.