кулак

Probably from Turkic.

• IPA^(key): [kuˈɫak]

кула́к • (kulák) m inanimate

1. fist (clenched hand)

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• “кулак” in slounik.org

Probably from Turkic, with the same meaning, from *kul (“hand”). Compare Bashkir ҡул (qul, “arm, hand”), Tatar кул (qul, “arm, hand”) and Turkish kol (“arm”). The sense of “wealthy farmer” is from the expression держа́ть в кулаке́ (deržátʹ v kulaké, “to keep in dependence”) or developed figuratively as “fist” -> “tightfisted person”.

• IPA^(key): [kʊˈlak]

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кула́к • (kulák) m inan or m anim (genitive кулака́, nominative plural кулаки́, genitive plural кулако́в)

1. fist
2. (military) concentrated force
3. (historical, usually derogatory) kulak (a prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers)
4. (mechanical) cam

• (kulak): курку́ль (kurkúlʹ)

• кула́чный (kuláčnyj)
• кула́чество (kuláčestvo)
• кулачо́к (kulačók)
• раскула́чивать (raskuláčivatʹ)
• подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”)
• раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “repression against kulaks”)

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кула́к • (kulák) m inan or m anim (genitive кулака́, nominative plural кулаки́)

1. fist
2. cog
3. (historical, usually derogatory) kulak (a prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers)

fist, cog:

kulak:

• (kulak): курку́ль (kurkúlʹ)

• кулак in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka