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papakha

papakha

English

Armenian military commander Andranik wearing a papakha

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Noun

papakha (plural papakhas)

  1. A wool hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus.
    • 2015 August 4, Andrew E. Kramer, “Cossacks Face Grim Reprisals From Onetime Allies in Eastern Ukraine”, in New York Times:
      Outside Russia, the Cossacks tend to be viewed as cartoonish anachronisms, with their whips, papakha fur hats and horses.

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