papakha

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Armenian military commander Andranik wearing a papakha

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Etymology[edit]

Of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish پاپاق (papaq), Azerbaijani papaq. Mediated by Russian папа́ха (papáxa), папа́х (papáx).

Noun[edit]

papakha (plural papakhas)

  1. A fur or sometimes wool hat traditionally worn by men throughout the Caucasus and Central Asia; its shape varies from hemispherical to cylindrical, which may be slightly tapered in either direction.
    • 2015 August 4, Andrew E. Kramer, “Cossacks Face Grim Reprisals From Onetime Allies in Eastern Ukraine”, in New York Times[1]:
      Outside Russia, the Cossacks tend to be viewed as cartoonish anachronisms, with their whips, papakha fur hats and horses.

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