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calpack

calpack noun: a kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.

calpack: a kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown
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Noun

calpack (plural calpacks)

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

Forms of calpack

pluralcalpacks
alternative formcalpac
alternative formcolback
alternative formcolpack
alternative formkalpak

Origin of calpack

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.

Words formed from calpack

Questions about calpack

What does calpack mean?
Calpack means a kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
What part of speech is calpack?
Calpack is a noun.
What is the plural of calpack?
The plural of calpack is calpacks.

Words near calpack in the dictionary

  1. calp
  2. calpa
  3. calpac
  4. calpacitin
  5. calpacitins
  6. calpack
  7. calpacked
  8. calpacks
  9. calpacs
  10. calpactin
  11. calpactins

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