Kalashnikov

See also: kalashnikov and kaláshnikov

English

The Avtomat Kalashnikov best known as AK 47

Etymology

Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: kəlăshʹnəkäf', IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑf/

Proper noun

Kalashnikov

1. A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
   • 2022 February 25, Kira Rudik, 1:36 from the start, in Ukrainian parliament member says she's armed and ready to fight‎^[1], CNN:

     So, we are prepared to bear arms and yesterday we were given Kalashnikovs so we will be able to resist if Russian forces will come to Kyiv.

2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

Translations

model of Russian assault rifle

• Arabic: كَلَاشِنْكُوف m (kalāšinkūf)
• Czech: kalašnikov m (informally)
• Danish: kalasjnikov c
• French: kalashnikov (fr) f, kalash (fr) f (slang), АК-47 (fr) m, AK (fr) m (slang)
• German: Kalaschnikow (de) f
• Greek: καλάσνικοφ (el) n (kalásnikof)
• Hungarian: kalasnyikov (hu)
• Macedonian: калашни́ков m (kalašníkov), ка́лаш m (kálaš), АК-47 m (AK-47), автома́т Калашни́ков m (avtomát Kalašníkov)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kalasjnikov m

  Nynorsk: kalasjnikov m

• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: کلاشینکف (fa) (kelâšinkof), کلاش (fa) (kelâš) (slang)
• Polish: kałach (pl) m, kałasz m, kałasznikow (pl) m
• Romanian: kalașnikov n
• Russian: АК-47 m (AK-47), автома́т Кала́шникова m (avtomát Kalášnikova), кала́ш (ru) m (kaláš) (slang), Кала́шников (ru) m (Kalášnikov)
• Serbo-Croatian: kalašnjìkov (sh) m
• Swedish: kalasjnikov (sv) c, AK-47 c
• Zazaki: keles, keleşnikof

See also

• AK-47