shapka

American  

[shahp-kuh] / ˈʃɑp kə /

noun

1. a round, slightly tapered, brimless fur hat worn especially in Russia.

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Etymology

Origin of shapka

< Russian shápka hat, cap, Old Russian: headgear for men, cognate with Serbo-Croatian šȁpka, probably < Middle Low German schapël (with Slavic suffix -ka ) < Old French chapel ( chapeau ); compare Czech čapka, Slovak čapica, Polish czapka, with č perhaps directly < Old French

Example Sentences

A stern customs officer took off my furry shapka and poked at the still warm lining, looking for diamonds my parents might have hidden there.

From The New Yorker

But before all of that there was skiing, and Yugoslavia had plenty of it, from Kranjska Gora in the north to Papova Shapka in the south.

From New York Times

And the official greeting program featured a blonde, bikini-clad snowboarder wearing a big brown shapka and mittens that look like bear claws.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its central axiom is that if one burrows deep enough beneath the Mao jacket, the shapka or the chador, one discovers that people everywhere are essentially the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

By now, men who are notoriously conservative in choosing their business clothes have decided that the shapka is acceptable, even somewhat sophisticated.

From Time Magazine Archive