kaptur

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Polish[edit]

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kaptur

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain, perhaps from Old East Slavic kap(ъ)turъ (kap(ŭ)turŭ), from Tatar kapturga, or from Lithuanian gobtuvas, from gobti.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkap.tur/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aptur
  • Syllabification: kap‧tur

Noun[edit]

kaptur m inan (diminutive kapturek)

  1. hood (headwear)
  2. (figuratively) monkhood

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kaptur”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading[edit]

  • kaptur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kaptur in Polish dictionaries at PWN