יאַרמלקע

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Yiddish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

יאַרמלקע • (yarmlke) f, plural יאַרמלקעס (yarmlkes)

  1. yarmulke

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.
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