kibitka

• kabitka

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɪtkə/

kibitka (plural kibitkas)

1. A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
   • 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:

     Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.

2. A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 328:

     On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.

• (tent): yurt

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).

• IPA^(key): /ki.bit.ka/

kibitka m (plural kibitkas)

1. kibitka

   Synonym: kibick

   Hypernym: troïka

• “kibitka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).

• IPA^(key): /kiˈbit.ka/

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• Rhymes: -itka
• Syllabification: ki‧bit‧ka

kibitka f

1. (historical) kibitka (carriage or sleigh)

• kibitka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kibitka in Polish dictionaries at PWN