картуз

• IPA^(key): [kɐrˈtus]

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According to Shansky, from earlier forms карпуз (karpuz), карпуц (karpuc), from Dutch karpoets (“traveling hat”), and distinct from Etymology 2 (see below). The term originally referred to military cloth or fur hats; the “peaked cap” sense developed in mid-19th century.

карту́з • (kartúz) m inan (genitive карту́за, nominative plural карту́зы, genitive plural карту́зов, diminutive карту́зик)

1. a type of a peaked cap with high cap band; fiddler cap, kashket
2. (by extension, modern usage) newsboy cap, flat cap

• карту́зник m anim (kartúznik)

Phrases

• ду́май, голова́, карту́з куплю́ (dúmaj, golová, kartúz kupljú)

According to Vasmer, from Middle Low German or Low German kartûse, kardûse, from French cartouche.

карту́з • (kartúz) m inan (genitive карту́за, nominative plural карту́зы, genitive plural карту́зов, diminutive карту́зик)

1. (dated) paper bag for various loose materials
2. (military, historical) powder bag

• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “картуз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 80
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “картуз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “картуз”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.