ushanka

English

WOTD – 6 June 2023

Etymology

A ushanka with its earflaps secured at the top of the cap.

Borrowed from Russian уша́нка (ušánka), from у́ши (úši) (the accusative or nominative plural of у́хо (úxo, “ear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to see; to be aware of, perceive”) with a shift of meaning) + -а́нка (-ánka) (variant of -я́нка (-jánka, suffix forming names of specific objects)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /uːˈʃɑːŋkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /uˈʃɑŋkə/
• Hyphenation: ushan‧ka

Noun

ushanka (plural ushankas)

1. A traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.

   Coordinate terms: shapka, trapper hat

   I have no idea why he's wearing a ushanka in triple digit heat; bro's forehead must be drenched in sweat.

Translations

traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps

• Afrikaans: oesjanka
• Albanian: ushanka
• Azerbaijani: uşanka
• Bashkir: бүрек (bürek)
• Belarusian: вуша́нка f (vušánka), ша́пка-вуша́нка f (šápka-vušánka)
• Breton: ouchanka
• Bulgarian: уша́нка f (ušánka)
• Catalan: uixanka f, casquet de pell m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄羅斯帽子／俄罗斯帽子 ('éluósī màozi, literally “Russian hat”), 護耳冬帽／护耳冬帽 (hùěrdōngmào, literally “ear-protecting winter hat”), 雷鋒帽／雷锋帽 (Léifēng mào)

  Wu: 羅宋帽／罗宋帽 (Shanghainese: ⁶lu son mau, Suzhounese: ²lou son⁵ mau⁶), 雷鋒帽／雷锋帽 (Shanghainese: ⁶le fon mau)

• Czech: ušanka f
• Dutch: oesjanka (nl) f
• Esperanto: uŝanko
• Estonian: läkiläki (traditional Estonian winter hat from fur and with earflaps), karbus (et) (ushanka; a winterhat from fur and with earflaps); kõrvik ("something with huge ears" translation-loan from ushanka), kõrvikmüts (a hat with earflaps)
• Finnish: naapukka, turkislakki (fi)
• French: ouchanka (fr) f, chapka (fr) f
• German: Uschanka (de) f
• Hungarian: usánka (hu)
• Indonesian: ushanka
• Italian: colbacco (it) m
• Japanese: ウシャンカ (ushanka), ロシア帽 (ロシアぼう, Roshia-bō)
• Kazakh: құлақшын (qūlaqşyn)
• Korean: 우샨카 (usyanka)
• Latvian: ausaine f
• Lithuanian: ausinė kepurė f
• Lombard: ušanka
• Macedonian: у́шанка f (úšanka)
• Marathi: उशांका f (uśāṅkā)
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} палиӈ ке̄нт (paliň kēnt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usjanka ?, bjørnefitte m or f

  Nynorsk: usjanka ?, bjønnfett f (Trøndelag, dialectal)

• Persian: اوشانکا (ušânkâ)
• Polish: uszanka (pl) f, abłaucha f (regional), uszatka (pl) f (humorous)
• Portuguese: ushanka (pt) m or f
• Romanian: ușanca f
• Russian: уша́нка (ru) f (ušánka), ша́пка-уша́нка f (šápka-ušánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шу̀бара f

  Roman: šùbara (sh) f

• Spanish: ushanka f
• Swedish: usjanka, björnfitta c (slang)
• Turkish: uşanka (tr)
• Ukrainian: вуша́нка f (vušánka), ша́пка-вуша́нка f (šápka-vušánka)
• Walloon: toke rûsse f
• Welsh: ushanka

Further reading

• ushanka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ankusha, kahunas