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calpack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cal-pack
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

calpacks (plural) calpac (alternative) colback (alternative) colpack (alternative) kalpak (alternative)

Derived Forms

calpacked

Synonyms

calpac kalpac

Questions

What does calpack mean?
A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
Where does calpack come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

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