Kalashnikov

Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒv/, /-ˌkɒf/

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• (US) enPR: kəlăshʹnəkäv', -käf', IPA^(key): /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv/, /-ˌkɑf/
• Rhymes: -ɒv, -ɒf

Kalashnikov (plural Kalashnikovs)

1. A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
   • 2015 February 20, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A Cameroonian soldier lies in a trench, the tip of his Kalashnikov rifle pointing toward the Nigerian town of Gambaru, which has been taken over by Boko Haram terrorists.

   • 2022 February 25, Kira Rudik, 1:36 from the start, in Ukrainian parliament member says she's armed and ready to fight‎^[2], CNN:

     So, we are prepared to bear arms and yesterday we were given Kalashnikovs so we will be able to resist if Russian forces will come to Kyiv.

2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).
   • 2018 January 18, Teo Bugbee, “Review: In ‘The Road Movie,’ Russian Highways Are the Final Frontier”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 January 2018:

     As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling.

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