Contionary:кулак

Dãterške

Etymology

From Russian кулак {kulák} (wealthy peasant; fist; tiğt-fisted person), itself originaly from Proto-Turkic *kulak (fist), from Proto-Altaic *gjúldo (to stretch).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(Dãterške): /kʰulakʰ/

Noun

кулак • (kulak)

1. a wealthy peasant or farmer in the Soviet Union, who owned land and/or slaves
2. (often pejorative) kulak; bootlicker

   .М'мциԇңӭђң радєұ Совьетскэ публъєрь эсі'с, џӭ'Буғжъазиӥ ыӕдєл и џӭ'бьілиӥ, кулак'с п'һрњэлэ һопф. ― During the Russian Civil War, they, the former bourgeoisie and White army, helped the Kulaks hoard because it was in their best interest to continue themselves.