Where does “қалқан” come from?

қалқан (Kazakh) comes from Proto-Turkic *kalkan — shield.

қалқан (Kazakh): shield

Definitions

  1. shield

Ancestry of “қалқан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kalkanshield
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kalkan
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