Kalga

See also: kəlgə and Калга

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Калга (Kalga).

Proper noun

Kalga

1. A rural locality in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
2. A village in the Himachal Pradesh district in India.
   • 2022, Joe Bindloss, Lonely Planet India:

     Walking to Kalga takes around 15 minutes from the Parvati Dam, itself some 800m from Barshani bus stand.

3. The second in command and designated heir to the Khan in the Crimean Khanate.
   • 1855, Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, “Simpheropol: Capital of the Crimea”, in Bentley's Miscellany, page 541:

     The Kalga's court was composed of the same functionaries as that of the Khan;

Paronyms

• Kaluga