kibitka

English

A kibitka on display in a Polish museum

Alternative forms

• kabitka

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɪtkə/

Noun

kibitka (plural kibitkas)

1. A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
2. A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 328:

     On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.

Synonyms

• (tent): yurt

Translations

carriage or sleigh

• Belarusian: кiбíтка f (kibítka)
• Finnish: umpivaunu (carriage); kuomureki (sleigh)
• French: kibitka (fr) f
• Mongolian: хэбид (xebid)
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• Polish: kibitka (pl) f
• Russian: киби́тка (ru) f (kibítka)
• Ukrainian: киби́тка (uk) f (kybýtka)

tent — see also yurt

• Finnish: jurtta (fi)
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• Russian: киби́тка (ru) f (kibítka)