balaclava

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• /ˌbæl.əˈklɑːvə/
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From Balaklava, from Russian Балакла́ва (Balakláva), from Ottoman Turkish بالقلاوه (balıklava), from بالقلاغه (balıklaga, “fishing ground”) * (Jamaica): From Balaklava or the Battle of Balaclava.

From the city of Balaklava in Crimea, from Ottoman Turkish بالقلاوه (modern Turkish balıklava), alteration of بالقلاغه (balıklaga, “fishing ground”). During the Crimean War the British troops suffered from cold due to improper clothing. When the news spread in the home front after the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, the people began knitting warm clothing for the soldiers, including woollen caps to be worn under the helmet, which were named balaclavas by the troops.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: balaklawamus — headgear
• Afrikaans: bivakmus — headgear
• Arabic: نَسِيج صُوفِيّ (nasīj ṣūfiyy) — headgear
• Arabic: بَالَاكْلَافَا (bālāklāfā) — headgear
• Armenian: բալակլավա (balaklava) — headgear
• Belarusian: балакла́ва (balakláva) — headgear
• Bulgarian: балакла́ва (balakláva) — headgear
• Catalan: passamuntanyes — headgear
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴拉克拉瓦 (bālākèlāwǎ) — headgear
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭套 /头套 (tóutào) — headgear
• Czech: kukla — headgear
• Danish: elefanthue — headgear
• Dutch: bivakmuts — headgear
• Dutch: balaclava — headgear
• Esperanto: skimasko — headgear
• Esperanto: bivakĉapo — headgear
• Faroese: brølapa — headgear
• Finnish: huppupipo — headgear
• Finnish: kommandopipo — headgear
• Finnish: kypäräpipo — headgear
• Finnish: hiihtomaski — headgear
• French: passe-montagne — headgear
• French: cagoule — headgear
• Georgian: ბალაკლავა (balaḳlava) — headgear
• German: Sturmhaube — headgear
• German: Sturmmaske — headgear
• German: Skimaske — headgear
• German: Biwakmütze — headgear
• German: Balaklava — headgear
• Greek: κουκούλα (koukoúla) — headgear
• Hebrew: בַּרְדָּס (bardás) — headgear
• Hebrew: בלקלאווה (balakláva) — headgear
• Hungarian: símaszk — headgear
• Ido: kagulo — headgear
• Interlingua: balaclava — headgear
• Irish: balacláva — headgear
• Italian: passamontagna — headgear
• Italian: balaclava — headgear
• Italian: balaklava — headgear
• Japanese: 目出し帽 — headgear
• Japanese: バラクラバ (barakuraba) — headgear
• Japanese: バラクラヴァ (barakurava) — headgear
• Korean: 발라클라바 (ballakeullaba) — headgear
• Macedonian: фантомка (fantomka) — headgear
• Māori: pōtae uhi — headgear
• Māori: pōtae pūāhuru — headgear
• Norwegian Bokmål: balaklava — headgear
• Norwegian Bokmål: finlandshette — headgear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: balaklava — headgear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: finlandshette — headgear
• Polish: kominiarka — headgear
• Portuguese: balaclava — headgear
• Romanian: cagulă — headgear
• Russian: балакла́ва (balakláva) — headgear
• Russian: вя́заный шлем (vjázanyj šlem) — headgear
• Serbo-Croatian: фа̀нто̄мка — headgear
• Serbo-Croatian: балаклава — headgear
• Serbo-Croatian: fàntōmka — headgear
• Serbo-Croatian: balaklava — headgear
• Slovak: kukla — headgear
• Slovene: podkapa — headgear
• Spanish: pasamontañas — headgear
• Spanish: papahígo — headgear
• Swedish: rånarluva — headgear
• Swedish: balaklava — headgear
• Thai: โม่ง (môong) — headgear
• Thai: ไอ้โม่ง — headgear
• Turkish: balaklava — headgear
• Turkish: kar maskesi — headgear
• Ukrainian: балакла́ва (balakláva) — headgear
• Welsh: balaclafa — headgear