ҡалҡан

Bashkir

Ҡалҡан тотҡан егет
A young man holding a shield

Etymology

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qalqan), Old Uyghur [script needed] (qalqaŋ), Kazakh қалқан (qalqan), Kyrgyz калкан (kalkan), Southern Altai калка (kalka, shed), Uzbek qalqon, Uyghur قالقان (qalqan), Azerbaijani qalxan, Turkish kalkan, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɑɫ.ˈqɑn]
  • Hyphenation: ҡал‧ҡан

Noun

ҡалҡан • (qalqan)

  1. shield, a piece of defensive armor carried on the arm

Declension

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