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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, most likely from *колита (*kolita, door) +‎ -ка (-ka) with akanye, where *колита (*kolita) comes from кол (kol, stake, peg) and its original meaning was "equipped with pegs".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲitkə]
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Noun

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кали́тка (kalítkaf inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки, genitive plural кали́ток)

  1. small door in a fence; wicket gate
    садо́вая кали́ткаsadóvaja kalítkagarden gate
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб, chapter IV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Передо́нов стоя́л у са́мой кали́тки и смотре́л в щель меж кали́ткою и приворо́тным столбо́м.
      Peredónov stojál u sámoj kalítki i smotrél v ščelʹ mež kalítkoju i privorótnym stolbóm.
      Peredonov stood at the gate and looked through the chink between the gate and the gate-post.
  2. (regional) a small pie
  3. (anime slang) Steins;Gate

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:калитка.

Descendants

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  • Ingrian: kalitka

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From a Turkic language; compare to Kazakh қалта (qalta, pouch, pocket).

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Noun

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кали́тка (kalýtkaf inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки, genitive plural кали́ток)

  1. purse
  2. (tobacco) pouch
  3. (anatomy) scrotum

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