■ noun a type of assault rifle originally manufactured in the Soviet Union.
Origin
1970s: abbrev. of Russ. Avtomat Kalashnikov 1947 , the designation of the original model designed by Mikhail T. Kalashnikov.
■ noun a type of assault rifle originally manufactured in the Soviet Union.
Origin
1970s: abbrev. of Russ. Avtomat Kalashnikov 1947 , the designation of the original model designed by Mikhail T. Kalashnikov.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004