Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a traditionally Buddhist Mongol people now located primarily in Kalmykia.
- noun The Mongolic language of this people.
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- adjective Of, or pertaining to,
Kalmykia - noun Someone from
Kalmykia . - proper noun A
Mongolic language, spoken in and aroundKalmykia in Russia.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And not just in English: the encyclopedia currently exists in 278 languages, from Kalmyk to Crimean Tatar, Sanskrit to Inuktitut.
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In his early years as Fide president Ilyumzhinov built a 'chess city', made the game mandatory in Kalmyk schools, and financed grandmaster chess so generously that his dubious human rights record and eccentric claim to have met "humanoid aliens" were shrugged off.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to battle Karpov and Kasparov for Fide presidency 2010
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Serious allegations: Kalmyk governor leaks classified information to ‘humanoid’ aliens
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Ancient Ways by SM Stirling, set in his Emberverse setting, sees a Cossack and a Kalmyk warrior join forces to rescue a princess from the city of Astrakhan.
Warriors, edited by George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois Adam Whitehead 2010
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Ancient Ways by SM Stirling, set in his Emberverse setting, sees a Cossack and a Kalmyk warrior join forces to rescue a princess from the city of Astrakhan.
Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2010
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If your documents say you are a Jew, a Tatar, an Armenian, a Chukcha, a Ukrainian, a Kalmyk, a German, a Korean, an Ossetian, etc. then that is what you are.
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If your documents say you are a Jew, a Tatar, an Armenian, a Chukcha, a Ukrainian, a Kalmyk, a German, a Korean, an Ossetian, etc. then that is what you are.
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Question: As a comment to the previous question, one could take the Mongol/Kalmyk translation of “going for refuge” – gurban erdeni-dür itegemüi – which uses the verb itegekü commonly translated as “to believe someone; to believe in someone/something; to have faith in someone/something; to hope for something.”
Interview for the Kalmyk Mandala Magazine Concerning Buddhist Translation 2008
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A good knowledge of Kalmyk history, as well as of the Kalmyk cultural, spiritual, and intellectual traditions, reinforced by a sound knowledge of the Kalmyk language, will instill in you a deeply felt sense of pride and achievement.
Interview for the Kalmyk Mandala Magazine Concerning Buddhist Translation 2008
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Question: As you know, the Kalmyk people have suffered great losses during the twentieth century, and unfortunately very few younger people know the Kalmyk language today.
Interview for the Kalmyk Mandala Magazine Concerning Buddhist Translation 2008
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