"karakul" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: karakuls [plural]
Etymology: Named after the town Qorakoʻl, from Uzbek, meaning black lake. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uz|-}} Uzbek Head templates: {{en-noun}} karakul (plural karakuls)
  1. A sheep of a Central Asian breed. Categories (topical): Headwear Categories (lifeform): Sheep Translations (breed of sheep): karakullammas (Finnish), karakul (Finnish), каракөл (karaköl) (Kyrgyz), karakuł [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-karakul-en-noun-euD4Two9 Disambiguation of Headwear: 93 7 Disambiguation of Sheep: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'breed of sheep': 70 30
  2. A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep. Translations (type of hat): krimihattu (Finnish), кара́куль (karákulʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-karakul-en-noun-lDzO2hYS Disambiguation of 'type of hat': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caracul, qaraqul Related terms: astrakhan

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