Kalashnikov

See also: kalashnikov and kaláshnikov

English

Etymology

Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒf/
• (US) enPR: kəlăshʹnəkäf', IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑf/

Proper noun

Kalashnikov

1. A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

Translations

model of Russian assault rifle

• Czech: kalašnikov m (informally)
• Danish: kalasjnikov c
• French: kalashnikov (fr) f, kalash (fr) f (slang), АК-47 m, AK (fr) m (slang)
• Greek: καλάσνικοφ n (kalásnikof)
• Hungarian: kalasnyikov (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kalasjnikov m

  Nynorsk: kalasjnikov m

• Persian: کلاشینکف‎ (fa) (kelâšinkof), کلاش‎ (fa) (kelâš) (slang)
• Polish: kałasznikow (pl) m, kałach (pl) m, AK (pl) m
• Russian: АК-47 m (AK-47), автома́т Кала́шникова m (avtomát Kalášnikova), кала́ш (ru) m (kaláš) (slang), Кала́шников (ru) m (Kalášnikov)
• Serbo-Croatian: kalašnjìkov (sh) m

See also

• AK-47