Dictionary

Kalashnikov en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒv/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ˌkɒf/ (UK)
• /-ˌkɑf/ (US)
• kəlăshʹnəkäv' (US)
• -käf' (US)
• /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
   • 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. 2022 February 25, Kira Rudik, 1:36 from the start, in Ukrainian parliament member says she's armed and ready to fight, CNN:
   • 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. 2015 February 20, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border”, in CNN:
2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).
   • As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling. 2018 January 18, Teo Bugbee, “Review: In ‘The Road Movie,’ Russian Highways Are the Final Frontier”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2018:

Forms

Relateds

AK-47

Translations (32)

sh kalašnjìkov (model of Russian assault rifle) · de Kalaschnikow (model of Russian assault rifle) · sv AK-47 (model of Russian assault rifle) · mk АК-47 (model of Russian assault rifle) · ru кала́ш (model of Russian assault rifle) · ar كَلَاشِنْكُوف (model of Russian assault rifle) · hu kalasnyikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · ru автома́т Кала́шникова (model of Russian assault rifle) · pl kałach (model of Russian assault rifle) · nn kalasjnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · sv kalasjnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · pl kałasz (model of Russian assault rifle) · el καλάσνικοφ (model of Russian assault rifle) · ru Кала́шников (model of Russian assault rifle) · fr АК-47 (model of Russian assault rifle) · fa کلاشینکف (model of Russian assault rifle) · nb kalasjnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · fa کلاش (model of Russian assault rifle) · fr kalash (model of Russian assault rifle) · mk ка́лаш (model of Russian assault rifle) · zza keles (model of Russian assault rifle) · ro kalașnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · pl kałasznikow (model of Russian assault rifle) · zza keleşnikof (model of Russian assault rifle) · fr kalashnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · mk автома́т Калашни́ков (model of Russian assault rifle) · da kalasjnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · mk калашни́ков (model of Russian assault rifle) · cs kalašnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · fr AK (model of Russian assault rifle) · tr kalaşnikov (model of Russian assault rifle) · ru АК-47 (model of Russian assault rifle)