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mulk

Pronunciation: /ˈmulʲk/

“mulk” is an Estonian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a person from Mulgimaa (a traditional region in Southern Estonia, located south of the city of Viljandi)

Etymology

From Latvian muļķis, muļķe (“idiot, fool”). Originally, the word only existed in the Mulgi dialect, with the meaning of "fool", but later spread to other dialects and became an exonym.

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