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Kalmyk

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English

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Kalmyk

Alternative forms

Kalmyck, Kalmuck, Calmuck

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

Adjective

Kalmyk (not comparable)

Of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia

Translations

of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia

Catalan: calmuc
Dutch: Kalmuks (nl)
Finnish: kalmukialainen
French: kalmouk (fr)
Kalmyk: хальмг (xalʹmg)
Polish: kałmucki (pl) m
Romanian: kalmâc (ro) m, calmuc (ro) m
Russian: калмы́цкий (ru) (kalmýckij)
Spanish: calmuco (es)
Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag)

Noun

Kalmyk (plural Kalmyks)

Someone from Kalmykia.
Kalmyks are unique, being Europeans who traditionally practiced Buddhism.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Calmuck.

Translations

person

Buryat: хальмаг (xalʹmag)
Catalan: calmuc m
Chagatai: قَالْمَاقْ
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡爾梅克人／卡尔梅克人 (kǎ'ěrméikè rén)
Dutch: Kalmuk
Estonian: kalmõkk
Finnish: kalmukki (fi)
Italian: calmucco m
Kalmyk: хальмг (xalʹmg), хальмг күн (xalʹmg kün)
Kazakh:
Arabic: قالماق

Cyrillic: қалмақ (qalmaq)

Latin: qalmaq
Kyrgyz: калмак (kalmak)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: халимаг (mn) (xalimag)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠭ (qalimag)
Polish: Kałmuk (pl) m, Kałmuczka (pl) f
Romanian: kalmâc (ro) m, kalmâcă f, calmuc (ro) m, calmucă (ro) f
Russian: калмы́к (ru) m (kalmýk), калмы́чка (ru) f (kalmýčka)
Spanish: calmuco (es) m, calmuca (es) f
Tajik: қалмоқ (qalmoq)
Tuvan: калмык (kalmık)
Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag)
Yakut: калмык (kalmık), калмыык (kalmıık)

Proper noun

Kalmyk

A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.

Translations

language

Catalan: calmuc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡爾梅克語／卡尔梅克语 (kǎ'ěrméikè yǔ)
Czech: kalmyčtina f
Dutch: Kalmuks (nl)
Finnish: kalmukki (fi)
Irish: Cailmícis f
Kalmyk: хальмг келн (xalʹmg keln), хальмг (xalʹmg)
Polish: (język) kałmucki m
Romanian: kalmâcă f, calmucă (ro) f
Russian: калмы́цкий (язы́к) (ru) m (kalmýckij (jazýk))
Slovak: kalmyčtina f
Spanish: calmuco (es) m

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Kalmyk, xal ⁠
Wiktionary's coverage of Kalmyk terms

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