Kalmyk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Kalmyk (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia
Translations
[edit]of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia
Noun
[edit]Kalmyk (plural Kalmyks)
- Someone from Kalmykia.
- Kalmyks are unique, being Europeans who traditionally practiced Buddhism.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Calmuck.
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Proper noun
[edit]Kalmyk
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Further reading
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- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
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- en:Republic of Kalmykia