יאַרמלקע

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Yiddish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish jarmułka (skullcap) and Ukrainian ярмулка (jarmulka), from Turkish yağmurluk (rainwear).[1] However, it could also be from or influenced by Medieval Latin almutia (hood, cowl) (compare Latin amictus (clothed, veiled)).[2]

Noun

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יאַרמלקע (yarmlkef, plural יאַרמלקעס (yarmlkes)

  1. yarmulke

Descendants

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    • Belarusian: ярмо́лка (jarmólka)
    • German: Jarmulke
    • English: yarmulke
    • Russian: ермо́лка (jermólka)

References

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  1. ^ yarmulke”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yarmulke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.