“It was a lean, wiry man, young, with an ermine-edged khilat, a fur calpack, and silver-heeled boots.”
-The Daughter of Erlik Khan
(ˈkɪlʌt)
noun
India and the Middle East, ceremonial robe given to someone by a superior as a mark of honour
cal•pac
or cal•pack also kal•pac (kăl′păk′, kăl-păk′)
noun
A large black cap, most often of sheepskin or felt, worn in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and Central Asia.
ORIGIN
Ottoman Turkish qalpāq; related to Tatar and Uyghur qalpaq, perhaps from an Iranian source such as Middle Persian kulāfak, cap, diminutive of kulāf, hat.
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