kulak
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See also kulák
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
1877. From Russian кулак (kulák, “fist; tight-fisted person”), from Turkic. Compare also Russian раскулачивание (raskuláčivanie, “dekulakization”), подкулачник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
kulak (plural kulaks or kulaki)
- (historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.
- 2002, Christopher Hitchens, "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic, Sep 2002:
- The "internal organs", as the CHEKA and the GPU and the KGB used to style themselves, were asked to police the mind for heresy as much as to torture kulaks to relinquish the food they withheld from the cities.
- 2002, Christopher Hitchens, "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic, Sep 2002:
Usage notes [edit]
During Soviet state collectivization of farming in the 1920s–30s the label kulak, implying “tight-fisted”, was applied pejoratively to attack land-owning peasants in general.
Related terms [edit]
- kulakism
- dekulakisation, de-kulakisation
- dekulakization, de-kulakization
- kulakisation, kulakization
- self-dekulakisation, self-dekulakization
- subkulak
Translations [edit]
a prosperous peasant
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Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
References [edit]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Turkic kulkak (“ear”), from Proto-Turkic *Kul-kak (“ear”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kʰuläk/
- Hyphenation: ku‧lak
Noun [edit]
kulak (definite accusative kulağı, plural kulaklar)
Declension [edit]
declension of kulak
possessive forms of kulak
