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kalmyk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
kalmyk
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.

noun

A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.

name

A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kalmyck (alternative) Kalmuck (alternative) Calmuck (alternative) Kalmuk (alternative) Kallmark (alternative) Kalmyks (plural)

Questions

What does kalmyk mean?
Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.
Where does kalmyk come from?
Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

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