shapka
[ shahp-kuh ]
/ ˈʃɑp kə /
noun
a round, slightly tapered, brimless fur hat worn especially in Russia.
Origin of shapka
< Russian
shápka hat, cap, Old Russian: headgear for men, cognate with Serbo-Croatian
šȁpka, probably < Middle Low German
schapël (with Slavic suffix
-ka) < Old French
chapel (see
chapeau); compare Czech
čapka, Slovak
čapica, Polish
czapka, with
č perhaps directly < Old French
Words nearby shapka
Example sentences from the Web for shapka
We camped at the stone wall of Shapka, one of the headquarters of the nomads.
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