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bashlyk

UK/ˈbæʃ.lɪk/

bashlyk noun: a protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.

bashlyk: a protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks...
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Noun

bashlyk (plural bashlyks)

  1. A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
    • In winter the troops wore the grey greatcoat and the bashlyk, a sort of hood protecting the neck and ears.1962, Henri Troyat, Daily Life in Russia Under the Last Tsar, page 123
    • The description of Jews wearing very high hats ("as tall as themselves" or "an amah high") calls to mind the tall pointed cap, or hood bashlyk brought by the Iranians from the Siberian steppes. The bashlyk occurs with great frequency among the Medean and Persian tribes.1968, Jacob Neusner, A History of the Jews in Babylonia, page 102

Examples of bashlyk in a sentence

  • The obverse bust wears a completely new style of bashlyk, resembling the Macedonian kausia, but with a flap at the back and an eagle on top.1983, E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3(1), page 303
  • Then one of the strangers mounted the throne, where he took off his bashlyk or cap-like head covering.2007, Ferdinand Ossendowski, Beasts, Men and Gods, page 89:

Forms of bashlyk

pluralbashlyks
alternative formbashlik

Origin of bashlyk

From Russian башлы́к (bašlýk), from Ottoman Turkish باشلق (başlık).

Questions about bashlyk

What does bashlyk mean?
Bashlyk means a protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
How do you use bashlyk in a sentence?
The obverse bust wears a completely new style of bashlyk, resembling the Macedonian kausia, but with a flap at the back and an eagle on top.
What part of speech is bashlyk?
Bashlyk is a noun.
How do you pronounce bashlyk?
Bashlyk is pronounced /ˈbæʃ.lɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of bashlyk?
The plural of bashlyk is bashlyks.

Words near bashlyk in the dictionary

  1. Bashkurdistan
  2. bashless
  3. bashlessness
  4. bashlik
  5. bashliks
  6. bashlyk
  7. bashlyks
  8. bashment
  9. bashments
  10. Bashmur
  11. Bashmuric

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