Kal·myk 1 (k l m k, kl-mk) also Kal·muck or Kal·muk (klm k, kl-mk)n. pl. Kalmyk or Kal·myks also Kalmuck or Kal·mucks or Kalmuk or Kal·muks 1. A member of a Buddhist Mongol people now located primarily in Kalmyk. 2. The Mongolian language of this people. [Russian, from Kazan Tatar.] |
| Kal·myk 2 (klmk, kl-mk) A region of southwest Russia on the Caspian Sea. Settled in the early 17th century by Kalmyk people from central China, it came under Russian control after 1646. |
Kalmuck [ˈkælmʌk], Kalmyk [ˈkælmɪk]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -mucks, -muck, -myks -myk a member of a Mongoloid people of Buddhist tradition, who migrated from W China in the 17th century
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Mongolic branch of the Altaic family
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