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Definitions and meaning of kulak

kulak

English

Alternative forms

• koulak, kulack, Kulak

Etymology

1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlak/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkulæk/

Noun

kulak (plural kulaks or kulaki)

1. (historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.

Usage notes

During Soviet state collectivization of farming in the 1920s and 1930s the label kulak, implying “tight-fisted”, was applied pejoratively to land-owning peasants in general.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kulak.

Synonyms

• kurkul

Hypernyms

• employer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• landlord
• petit bourgeois

Derived terms

Translations

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

Anagrams

• Kukla, Kulka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulak]
• Rhymes: -ulak
• Hyphenation: ku‧lak

Noun

kulak m anim

1. (historical, derogatory) kulak, a prosperous peasant marked as an enemy of the people by the communist regime, especially in the time of forced collectivization (e. g. in Czechoslovakia 1948–cca 1960)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kulak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kulak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kulak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Anagrams

• kalku
• klaku
• kluka
• kukal
• kukla
• kulka

Italian

Alternative forms

• culaco (uncommon)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: ku‧làk

Noun

kulak m (plural kulaki)

1. (historical) kulak (prosperous peasant in Russia)

Further reading

• kulak in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kulak m (definite singular kulaken, indefinite plural kulaker, definite plural kulakene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by kulakk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kulak m (definite singular kulaken, indefinite plural kulakar, definite plural kulakane)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of kulakk

Portuguese

Noun

kulak m (plural kulaks)

1. (historical) kulak (prosperous peasant in Russia)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈɫɑk/
• Hyphenation: ku‧lak

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قولاق (qulaq, “ear”), Old Anatolian Turkish قلاق (qulaq, “ear”), from Proto-Turkic *kulkak (“ear”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴 (q̊¹ul¹qq /⁠qulqaq⁠/). A possible cognate with Finnish kuulla

Noun

kulak (definite accusative kulağı, plural kulaklar)

1. (anatomy) ear

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Russian кула́к (kulák).

Noun

kulak (definite accusative kulağı, plural kulaklar)

1. kulak

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