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Kalashnikov
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kalashnikov kaláshnikov
English
thumb|right|400px|The Avtomat Kalashnikov best known as AK 47
Etymology
en Mikhail Kalashnikov Russian inventor = 1919 2013, from en ru Кала́шников.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒv/ /-ˌkɒf/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kalashnikov.wav Southern England
kəlăshʹnəkäv' -käf' US, en /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv/ /-ˌkɑf/
en ɒv ɒf 4
Proper noun
s
A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
en Ngala Killian Chimtom Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/africa/cameroon-chad-boko-haram 2015-02-20 A Cameroonian soldier lies in a trench, the tip of his Kalashnikov rifle pointing toward the Nigerian town of Gambaru, which has been taken over by Boko Haram terrorists. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329124603/https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/africa/cameroon-chad-boko-haram/ 29 March 2023
en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnaLmDhX0zE 2022-02-25 Kira Rudyk Kira Rudik Ukrainian parliament member says she's armed and ready to fight w:CNN 1:36 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.
en ru Кала́шников surname.
2018-01-18 Teo Bugbee Review: In ‘The Road Movie,’ Russian Highways Are the Final Frontier https://web.archive.org/web/20180118150544/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/movies/the-road-movie-review.html As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling.
Translations
model of Russian assault rifle
Arabic: ar كَلَاشِنْكُوف m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 卡拉什尼科夫 kǎlā shén ní kē fū
Czech: cs kalašnikov m informally
Danish: da kalasjnikov c
French: fr kalashnikov f, fr kalash f slang, fr АК-47 m, fr AK m slang
German: de Kalaschnikow f
Greek: el καλάσνικοφ n
Hindi: hi कलाश्निकोव m
Hungarian: hu kalasnyikov
Japanese: ja カラシニコフ karashinikofu
Macedonian: mk калашни́ков m, mk ка́лаш m, mk АК-47 m, mk автома́т Калашни́ков m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kalasjnikov m
Nynorsk: nn kalasjnikov m
Pashto: ps
Persian: fa کلاشینکف kelâšinkof, fa کلاش kelâš slang
Polish: pl kałach m, pl kałasz m, pl kałasznikow m
Romanian: ro kalașnikov n
Russian: ru АК-47 m, ru автома́т Кала́шникова m, ru кала́ш m slang, ru Кала́шников m
Serbo-Croatian: sh kalašnjìkov m
Swedish: sv kalasjnikov c, sv AK-47 c
Turkish: tr kalaşnikov
Zazaki: zza keles, zza keleşnikof
See also
en AK-47
en Firearms