бушлат

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. Hinze hypothesized that the term is an alteration of German Buschurunk (“sailor's blouse”), influenced by хала́т (xalát, “smock, robe”); Shansky found Hinze's argument insufficiently convincing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊʂˈɫat]

Noun

бушла́т • (bušlát) m inan (genitive бушла́та, nominative plural бушла́ты, genitive plural бушла́тов)

1. (nautical) pea coat
2. (by extension) a warm uniform jacket (worn by soldiers, construction workers, prisoners, etc.)

Declension

Declension of бушла́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бушла́т bušlát	бушла́ты bušláty
genitive	бушла́та bušláta	бушла́тов bušlátov
dative	бушла́ту bušlátu	бушла́там bušlátam
accusative	бушла́т bušlát	бушла́ты bušláty
instrumental	бушла́том bušlátom	бушла́тами bušlátami
prepositional	бушла́те bušláte	бушла́тах bušlátax

Derived terms

• деревя́нный бушла́т (derevjánnyj bušlát)

Further reading

• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бушлат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 242