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karakul

karakul noun: a sheep of a Central Asian breed.

Noun

karakul (plural karakuls)

  1. A sheep of a Central Asian breed.
  2. A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep.
    • The karakul hats took me back to a stifling summer afternoon in Kiev and the memory of a squadron of Cossack cavalry exercising down a cobbled street […].1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 38

Proper noun capitalized: Karakul

Karakul

  1. A lake in Tajikistan.
  2. A lake in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Forms of karakul

pluralkarakuls
alternative formcaracul
alternative formqaraqul

Origin of karakul

Named after the town Qorakoʻl, from Uzbek, meaning black lake.

Borrowed from Turkic. Literally, “black lake”. Doublet of Karakol.

Questions about karakul

What does karakul mean?
Karakul means a sheep of a Central Asian breed.
What part of speech is karakul?
Karakul can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of karakul?
The plural of karakul is karakuls.

Words near karakul in the dictionary

  1. karakoline
  2. Karakoram
  3. Karakoram Highway
  4. Karakorum
  5. karakou
  6. karakul
  7. Karakulov
  8. karakuls
  9. karakurt
  10. karakurts
  11. karam

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