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calpack

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calpac, kalpac

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cap

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qalpaq — hat
  • Bashkir: ҡалпаҡ (qalpaq) — hat
  • Belarusian: каўпа́к (kawpák) — hat
  • Bulgarian: калпа́к (kalpák) — hat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡爾帕克 /卡尔帕克 (kǎ'ěrpàkè) — hat
  • Czech: kalpak — hat
  • French: colback — hat
  • German: Kalpak — hat
  • Greek: καλπάκι (kalpáki) — hat
  • Karakalpak: qalpaq — hat
  • Kazakh: қалпақ (qalpaq) — hat
  • Kumyk: къалпакъ (qalpaq) — hat
  • Northern Kurdish: serpûş — hat
  • Kyrgyz: калпак (kalpak) — hat
  • Old East Slavic: колпакъ (kolpakŭ) — hat
  • Polish: kołpak — hat
  • Russian: колпа́к (kolpák) — hat
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàlpak — hat
  • Tatar: калпак (qalpaq) — hat
  • Turkish: kalpak — hat
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلپاق (kalpak) — hat
  • Turkmen: telpek — hat
  • Ukrainian: ковпа́к (kovpák) — hat
  • Ukrainian: ковпи́к (kovpýk) — hat
  • Uyghur: قالپاق (qalpaq) — hat
  • Uzbek: qalpoq — hat