karakul

See also: Karakul

English
Karakul sheep
Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, wearing a karakul

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Etymology

Named after the town Qorakoʻl, from Uzbek.

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 1998, p. 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 […] .

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Finnish

Etymology

From Uzbek [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑkul/, [ˈkɑrɑkul]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑkul
  • Syllabification(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
instructive — karakulein
abessive karakulitta karakuleitta
comitative — karakuleineen
Possessive forms of karakul (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person karakulini karakulimme
2nd person karakulisi karakulinne
3rd person karakulinsa

French

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Noun

karakul m (plural karakuls)

  1. karakul
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