бушлат

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. Hinze hypothesized that the term is an alteration of German Buschurunk (“sailor's blouse”), influenced by хала́т (xalát, “smock, robe”); Shansky found Hinze's argument insufficiently convincing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʊʂˈɫat]

Noun

бушла́т • (bušlát) m inan (genitive бушла́та, nominative plural бушла́ты, genitive plural бушла́тов)

  1. (nautical) pea coat
  2. (by extension) a warm uniform jacket (worn by soldiers, construction workers, prisoners, etc.)

Declension
Declension of бушла́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative бушла́т
bušlát		 бушла́ты
bušláty
genitive бушла́та
bušláta		 бушла́тов
bušlátov
dative бушла́ту
bušlátu		 бушла́там
bušlátam
accusative бушла́т
bušlát		 бушла́ты
bušláty
instrumental бушла́том
bušlátom		 бушла́тами
bušlátami
prepositional бушла́те
bušláte		 бушла́тах
bušlátax

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бушлат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 242
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