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calpack

cal·pack

uncommon

noun

1.

a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus

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Origin

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.

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