English Explanatory Dictionary

calpack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

calpack calpacks calpac colback colpack kalpak

Etymology

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.

Derived words

calpacked
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