kaptur

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Polish

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kaptur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kaptur m inan (diminutive kapturek)

  1. hood (headwear)
  2. (figurative) monkhood
  3. (colloquial, historical) court of law during interregna in Poland which ruled on criminal offences
    Synonym: sąd kapturowy

Declension

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References

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

Further reading

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