Papakha

A Caucasian wearing a papakha

The papakha (Adyghe: паӀо, pa'o; [папа́ха, papakha] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |p= (help); Chechen: холхазан-куй, holhazan-kuy; Georgian: ფაფახი, papakhi, [pʰapʰaχi]; Armenian: փափախ, p‘ap‘akh, Armenian pronunciation: [pʰɑˈpʰɑχ]; Azerbaijani: papaq, پاپاق, lit.'Hat'; ) is a wool hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. The word papakha is of Turkic origin (papakh).[1][2][3]

The word papak is also a component of the ethnonym of a Turkic group of uncertain relation: the "Karapapak" (literally "black papakh" in the Azerbaijani language).

  1. ^ Энциклопедии. Большая Советская энциклопедия ЭБС "Университетская библиотека онлайн" читать электронные книги.
  2. ^ "папаха - это... Что такое папаха?". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ Rudevich, Alexéi (6 January 2015). "Head high in a papakha: The history of a hat that can never be removed". Retrieved 9 August 2017.