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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large black cap, usually of sheepskin or felt, worn in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and neighboring regions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large black cap of sheepskin worn by Armenians and Turks.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of calpack.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Ottoman Turkish qalpāq, from Old Turkic, probably ultimately from Middle Persian kulāfak, cap, diminutive of kulāf, hat.]

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