Kalmyk

English

Alternative forms

• Kalmyck
• Kalmuck
• Calmuck

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

Adjective

Kalmyk (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia

Translations

of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia

• Catalan: calmuc
• Dutch: Kalmuks (nl)
• Finnish: kalmukialainen
• French: kalmouk (fr)
• Kalmyk: хальмг (xalʹmg)
• Polish: kałmucki (pl) m
• Romanian: kalmâc (ro) m, calmuc (ro) m
• Russian: калмы́цкий (ru) (kalmýckij)
• Spanish: calmuco (es)
• Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag)

Noun

Kalmyk (plural Kalmyks)

1. Someone from Kalmykia.

   Kalmyks are unique, being Europeans who traditionally practiced Buddhism.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Calmuck.

Translations

person

• Buryat: хальмаг (xalʹmag)
• Catalan: calmuc m
• Chagatai: قَالْمَاقْ
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡爾梅克人／卡尔梅克人 (kǎ'ěrméikè rén)

• Dutch: Kalmuk
• Estonian: kalmõkk
• Finnish: kalmukki (fi)
• Italian: calmucco m
• Kalmyk: хальмг (xalʹmg), хальмг күн (xalʹmg kün)
• Kazakh:

  Arabic: قالماق

  Cyrillic: қалмақ (qalmaq)

  Latin: qalmaq

• Kyrgyz: калмак (kalmak)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: халимаг (mn) (xalimag)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠭ (qalimag)

• Polish: Kałmuk (pl) m, Kałmuczka (pl) f
• Romanian: kalmâc (ro) m, kalmâcă (ro) f, calmuc (ro) m, calmucă (ro) f
• Russian: калмы́к (ru) m (kalmýk), калмы́чка (ru) f (kalmýčka)
• Spanish: calmuco (es) m, calmuca (es) f
• Tajik: қалмоқ (qalmoq)
• Tuvan: калмык (kalmık)
• Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag)
• Yakut: калмык (kalmık), калмыык (kalmıık)

Proper noun

Kalmyk

1. A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.

Translations

language

• Catalan: calmuc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡爾梅克語／卡尔梅克语 (kǎ'ěrméikè yǔ)

• Czech: kalmyčtina f
• Dutch: Kalmuks (nl)
• Finnish: kalmukki (fi)
• Irish: Cailmícis f
• Kalmyk: хальмг келн (xalʹmg keln), хальмг (xalʹmg)
• Polish: (język) kałmucki m
• Romanian: kalmâcă (ro) f, calmucă (ro) f
• Russian: калмы́цкий (язы́к) (ru) m (kalmýckij (jazýk))
• Slovak: kalmyčtina f
• Spanish: calmuco (es) m

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kalmyk, xal ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kalmyk terms