калитка

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, most likely from *колита (*kolita, door) + -ка (-ka) with akanye, where *колита (*kolita) comes from кол (kol, stake, peg) and its original meaning was "equipped with pegs".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲitkə]
  • (file)

Noun

кали́тка • (kalítka) f inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки, genitive plural кали́ток)

  1. small door in a fence; wicket gate
    садо́вая кали́ткаsadóvaja kalítkagarden gate
  2. (regional) a small pie
  3. (anime slang) Steins;Gate

Declension

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:калитка.

Descendants

  • Ingrian: kalitka

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “калитка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

From a Turkic language; compare to Kazakh қалта (qalta, pouch, pocket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈɫɪtkɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

кали́тка • (kalýtka) f inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки, genitive plural кали́ток)

  1. purse
  2. (tobacco) pouch
  3. (anatomy) scrotum

Declension

References

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