kolpik
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish kalpak. Doublet of calpack.
Noun
[edit]kolpik (plural kolpiks)
- A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is a made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur).