Калашников

Russian

Etymology

The name literally means "belonging to (son of) the 'kalach-man'", where калач (kalách) is the Russian word for a specific type of twisted white bread. In former times kalach meant any kind of white bread, and came from a Tatar word meaning "to be hungry"; before modern methods of grinding wheat came into use, white bread was classed as a type of fancy bread.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlaʂnʲɪkəf]

Proper noun

Кала́шников (Kalášnikov) m anim (genitive Кала́шникова, nominative plural Кала́шниковы, genitive plural Кала́шниковых, feminine Кала́шникова)

  1. A surname: Kalashnikov

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