karakul

See also: Karakul and karakuł

English

Karakul sheep

Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, wearing a karakul

Alternative forms

• caracul, qaraqul

Etymology

Named after the town Qorakoʻl, from Uzbek, meaning black lake.

Noun

karakul (plural karakuls)

1. A sheep of a Central Asian breed.
2. A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 38:

     The karakul hats took me back to a stifling summer afternoon in Kiev and the memory of a squadron of Cossack cavalry exercising down a cobbled street […] .

Translations

breed of sheep

• Finnish: karakullammas, karakul
• Kyrgyz: каракөл (karaköl)
• Navajo: dibé bitseeʼ danteelígíí
• Polish: karakuł (pl) m

type of hat

• Finnish: krimihattu
• Russian: кара́куль (ru) m (karákulʹ)

See also

• astrakhan
• Persian lamb

Further reading

• Karakul sheep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• karakul (hat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From Uzbek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑkul/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝kul]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑkul
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ra‧kul
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ra‧kul

Noun

karakul

1. synonym of karakullammas

Declension

Inflection of karakul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		karakul	karakulit
genitive		karakulin	karakulien
partitive		karakulia	karakuleja
illative		karakuliin	karakuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		karakul	karakulit
accusative	nom.	karakul	karakulit
	gen.	karakulin
genitive		karakulin	karakulien
partitive		karakulia	karakuleja
inessive		karakulissa	karakuleissa
elative		karakulista	karakuleista
illative		karakuliin	karakuleihin
adessive		karakulilla	karakuleilla
ablative		karakulilta	karakuleilta
allative		karakulille	karakuleille
essive		karakulina	karakuleina
translative		karakuliksi	karakuleiksi
abessive		karakulitta	karakuleitta
instructive		—	karakulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of karakul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karakulini karakulini accusative nom. karakulini karakulini gen. karakulini genitive karakulini karakulieni partitive karakuliani karakulejani inessive karakulissani karakuleissani elative karakulistani karakuleistani illative karakuliini karakuleihini adessive karakulillani karakuleillani ablative karakuliltani karakuleiltani allative karakulilleni karakuleilleni essive karakulinani karakuleinani translative karakulikseni karakuleikseni abessive karakulittani karakuleittani instructive — — comitative — karakuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karakulisi karakulisi accusative nom. karakulisi karakulisi gen. karakulisi genitive karakulisi karakuliesi partitive karakuliasi karakulejasi inessive karakulissasi karakuleissasi elative karakulistasi karakuleistasi illative karakuliisi karakuleihisi adessive karakulillasi karakuleillasi ablative karakuliltasi karakuleiltasi allative karakulillesi karakuleillesi essive karakulinasi karakuleinasi translative karakuliksesi karakuleiksesi abessive karakulittasi karakuleittasi instructive — — comitative — karakuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karakulimme karakulimme accusative nom. karakulimme karakulimme gen. karakulimme genitive karakulimme karakuliemme partitive karakuliamme karakulejamme inessive karakulissamme karakuleissamme elative karakulistamme karakuleistamme illative karakuliimme karakuleihimme adessive karakulillamme karakuleillamme ablative karakuliltamme karakuleiltamme allative karakulillemme karakuleillemme essive karakulinamme karakuleinamme translative karakuliksemme karakuleiksemme abessive karakulittamme karakuleittamme instructive — — comitative — karakuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karakulinne karakulinne accusative nom. karakulinne karakulinne gen. karakulinne genitive karakulinne karakulienne partitive karakulianne karakulejanne inessive karakulissanne karakuleissanne elative karakulistanne karakuleistanne illative karakuliinne karakuleihinne adessive karakulillanne karakuleillanne ablative karakuliltanne karakuleiltanne allative karakulillenne karakuleillenne essive karakulinanne karakuleinanne translative karakuliksenne karakuleiksenne abessive karakulittanne karakuleittanne instructive — — comitative — karakuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative karakulinsa karakulinsa accusative nom. karakulinsa karakulinsa gen. karakulinsa genitive karakulinsa karakuliensa partitive karakuliaan karakuliansa karakulejaan karakulejansa inessive karakulissaan karakulissansa karakuleissaan karakuleissansa elative karakulistaan karakulistansa karakuleistaan karakuleistansa illative karakuliinsa karakuleihinsa adessive karakulillaan karakulillansa karakuleillaan karakuleillansa ablative karakuliltaan karakuliltansa karakuleiltaan karakuleiltansa allative karakulilleen karakulillensa karakuleilleen karakuleillensa essive karakulinaan karakulinansa karakuleinaan karakuleinansa translative karakulikseen karakuliksensa karakuleikseen karakuleiksensa abessive karakulittaan karakulittansa karakuleittaan karakuleittansa instructive — — comitative — karakuleineen karakuleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• karakullammas

French

Alternative forms

• caracul

Noun

karakul m (plural karakuls)

1. karakul