Papakha

The papakha (Adyghe: паӀо, romanized: pa'o; Russian: папа́ха, romanized: papakha, IPA: [pɐˈpaxə]; Chechen: холхазан-куй, romanized: holhazan-kuy; Georgian: ფაფახი, papakhi, [pʰapʰaχi]; Armenian: փափախ, romanized: p‘ap‘akh, Armenian pronunciation: [pʰɑˈpʰɑχ]; Azerbaijani: papaq, پاپاق, lit. 'Hat'; ) is a sheepskin hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. The word papakha is of Turkic origin (papakh).

The word papak is also a component of the ethnonym of a Turkic group of uncertain relation: the "Karapapak" (literally "black papakh" in the Azerbaijani language).

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