Calpack
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
- 2 a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
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 Proto-Common Turkic *kalpak. Doublet of kolpik.