калита

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Kazakh қалта (qalta, “pouch, pocket”), from Persian خلته (xalta), خلیته (xalīta), from Arabic خَرِيطَة (ḵarīṭa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəlʲɪˈta]

Noun

калита́ • (kalitá) m inan (genitive калиты́, nominative plural калиты́, genitive plural кали́т)

  1. (archaic) money bag, burse, purse
    Synonyms: коше́ль (košélʹ), киса́ (kisá), мошна́ (mošná), сума́ (sumá)
  2. (Northern Russia) a small pastry with potato or cabbage filling
    Synonym: пирожо́к (pirožók)

Declension
Declension of калита́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative калита́
kalitá		 калиты́
kalitý
genitive калиты́
kalitý		 кали́т
kalít
dative калите́
kalité		 калита́м
kalitám
accusative калиту́
kalitú		 калиты́
kalitý
instrumental калито́й, калито́ю
kalitój, kalitóju		 калита́ми
kalitámi
prepositional калите́
kalité		 калита́х
kalitáx

References
  • Monchi-Zadeh, Daoud (1975) “Iranische Miszellen”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg (Acta Iranica; 5), Leiden: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 65
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “калита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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