yashmak

English

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Alternative forms

• yashmac

Etymology

From Turkish yaşmak.

Noun

yashmak (plural yashmaks)

1. A veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 46:

     Mungo cannot make out her face, which is concealed behind a yashmak – the double horsehair veil worn by Muslim women in public – but he is immediately struck by her feet and hands.

Synonyms

• niqab
• veil
• hijab
• purdah
• scarf

Translations

a veil worn by Muslim women

• Arabic: خمار (ar) (ximār) m, نقاب (ar) (niqāb) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面紗 (cmn), 面纱 (cmn) (miànshā)

• Czech: niqáb (cs) m
• Dutch: nikab (nl)
• Finnish: niqab (fi)
• French: litham (fr) m, voile (fr) m, niqab (fr) m
• German: Schleier (de) f, Niqab (de) m
• Hindi: निक़ाब (hi) (niqāb) m and f, नकाब (hi) (nikāb) m and f
• Hungarian: nikáb (hu), jasmak (hu)
• Indonesian: niqab (id), purdah (id)
• Japanese: ヤシュマク (ja) (yashumaku)

• Malay: niqab (ms), purdah (ms)
• Persian: روبنده (fa) (rubande), نقاب (fa) (neqâb)
• Polish: nikab (pl) m, kwef (pl) m, czarczaf (pl) m, jaszmak (pl) m
• Portuguese: niqab (pt) m
• Russian: чадра (ru) (čadrá) f, яшмак (ru) (jašmák) m, вуаль (ru) (vuál') f, никаб (ru) (nikáb) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зар (sh) m, марама (sh) f, вео (sh) m

  Roman: zar (sh) m, marama (sh) f, veo (sh) m

• Spanish: nicab (es) m
• Swedish: niqab (sv) c, nikab (sv) c
• Turkish: yaşmak (tr)
• Urdu: نقاب (ur) (niqāb) m and f

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