Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوشاق (whence modern Turkish kuşak).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koˈʃa̟k]
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Noun

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куша́к (kušákm (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. belt, strip, waist-band
    Synonyms: по́яс (pójas), кола́н (kolán)

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References

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  • кушак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кушак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 173

Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kūč-.

Noun

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кушак (kuşak)

  1. embrace, hug
  2. armful

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “кушак”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic кушакъ (kušakŭ), from Kipchak or Old Anatolian Turkish; equivalent to Crimean Tatar кушак or Turkish kuşak.

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Noun

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куша́к (kušákm inan (genitive кушака́, nominative plural кушаки́, genitive plural кушако́в)

  1. belt, girdle, sash

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