кокошник

Russian

Etymology

From the obsolete (now dialectal) word ко́кошь (kókošʹ, hen, rooster) + -ник (-nik), from Old East Slavic кокошь (kokošĭ), due to its resemblance to the crest of the bird.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈkoʂnʲɪk]

Noun

коко́шник • (kokóšnikm inan (genitive коко́шника, nominative plural коко́шники, genitive plural коко́шников)

  1. kokoshnik (a traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan)

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