kołpak

See also: Kolpak

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic колпакъ (kolpakŭ), 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 Common Turkic *kalpak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔw.pak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔwpak
• Syllabification: koł‧pak

Noun

kołpak m inan (diminutive kołpaczek)

1. hubcap
2. calpack

Declension

Declension of kołpak

	singular	plural
nominative	kołpak	kołpaki
genitive	kołpaka	kołpaków
dative	kołpakowi	kołpakom
accusative	kołpak	kołpaki
instrumental	kołpakiem	kołpakami
locative	kołpaku	kołpakach
vocative	kołpaku	kołpaki

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: քօլփաք (kʻōlpʻakʻ)

Further reading

• kołpak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kołpak in Polish dictionaries at PWN