English
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Kalmyk (not comparable)
- Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.
Translations
of, or pertaining to, Kalmykia
Noun
Kalmyk (plural Kalmyks)
- A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.
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: قالماق (qalmaq)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 卡爾梅克人 / 卡尔梅克人 (kǎ'ěrméikèrén), 厄魯特 / 厄鲁特 (zh) (Èlǔtè)
- Dutch: Kalmuk
- Estonian: kalmõkk
- Finnish: kalmukki (fi)
- Hungarian: kalmük (hu)
- Italian: calmucco m
- Japanese: カルムイク人 (カルムイクじん, Karumuiku jin)
- Kalmyk: хальмг (xalʹmg), хальмг күн (xalʹmg kün), өөрд (öörd)
- Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag), ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ (oyirad)
- Kazakh:
- Arabic: قالماق
- Cyrillic: қалмақ (qalmaq), жоңғар (joñğar)
- Latin: qalmaq
- Khakas: халмых (xalmıx), ӧӧрд (öörd)
- Kyrgyz: калмак (kalmak)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠭ (qalimag), ᠣᠶᠢᠷᠠᠳ (oyirad)
- Cyrillic: халимаг (mn) (xalimag), ойрад (ojrad)
- Persian: قلماق (qalmâq)
- 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)
- Ukrainian: калми́к m (kalmýk), калми́чка f (kalmýčka)
- Yakut: калмык (kalmïk), калмыык (kalmïïk)
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Proper noun
Kalmyk
- A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.
Translations
language
- Buryat: хальмаг хэлэн (xalʹmag xelen)
- 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)
- Greek: καλμουκικά n pl (kalmoukiká)
- Hungarian: kalmük (hu)
- Irish: Cailmícis f
- Japanese: カルムイク語 (ja) (カルムイクご, Karumuiku go)
- Kalmyk: хальмг келн (xalʹmg keln)
- Kazakh:
- Arabic: قالماقشا, قالماق تیلی
- Cyrillic: қалмақша (qalmaqşa), қалмақ тілі (qalmaq tılı)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠭ
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (qalimag kele)
- Cyrillic: халимаг хэл (xalimag xel)
- Polish: (język) kałmucki m
- Romanian: kalmâcă f, calmucă (ro) f
- Russian: калмы́цкий (язы́к) (ru) m or m (kalmýckij (jazýk))
- Slovak: kalmyčtina f
- Spanish: calmuco (es) m
- Turkish: Kalmukça (tr)
- Ukrainian: калми́цька (uk) f (kalmýcʹka), калми́цька мо́ва f (kalmýcʹka móva)
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Further reading