Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kalmuck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kalmuck
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of Kalmyk.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete spelling of Kalmyk.

Obsolete

name

Obsolete spelling of Kalmyk.

Obsolete

noun

A kind of shaggy cloth resembling bearskin.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle Polish Kałmuk m sg (noun), from Kipchak [Term?] (/⁠qalmaq⁠/), whence Kazakh қалмақ (qalmaq), Siberian Tatar ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), etc.

Word Breakdown

Root: Kałmuk

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kalmucks (plural)

Questions

What does kalmuck mean?: Obsolete spelling of Kalmyk.
Where does kalmuck come from?: From Middle Polish Kałmuk m sg (noun), from Kipchak [Term?] (/⁠qalmaq⁠/), whence Kazakh қалмақ (qalmaq), Siberian Tatar ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), etc.

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