kulaç

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Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian kolač (type of cake or pastry), Macedonian колач (kolač), Bulgarian колач (kolač).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kulaç m (plural kuleç, definite kulaçi, definite plural kuleçtë)

  1. a type of round, unleavened bread; any round bread
  2. (ethnographic) wheat bread given to children on the night before Christmas supper
  3. cloth used for head-carrying

Synonyms

bukë, kolendër, simite

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “kulaç”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic kulaç, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

  1. stroke, a particular style of swimming
  2. A unit of measure (length or distance) equal to length of two arms, and was used in the Ottoman Empire
  3. traditional Turkish bread or burek

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kulaç
Definite accusative kulacı
Singular Plural
Nominative kulaç kulaçlar
Definite accusative kulacı kulaçları
Dative kulaca kulaçlara
Locative kulaçta kulaçlarda
Ablative kulaçtan kulaçlardan
Genitive kulacın kulaçların

See also