[koˈɫan]
OriginBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولاك (kolañ, “girth, girdle, belt”). Compare Romanian colan (“girdle”), Macedonian колан (kolan, “belt”), Serbo-Croatian колан (“girth”); other Turkish borrowings. Stefan Mladenov's proposal of Italian origin is only true for Romanian colan (“necklace”).
Formsкола́н(canonical, masculine) · kolán(romanization) · кола́н(indefinite, singular) · кола́ни(indefinite, plural) · кола́нът(definite, singular, subjective) · кола́ните(definite, plural, subjective) · кола́на(definite, objective, singular) · кола́ните(definite, objective, plural) · -(count-form, singular) · кола́на(count-form, plural)