ヤムルカ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), possibly by way of English yarmulke.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ヤ​ムルカ [yáꜜmùrùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠mɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝka̠]

Noun

ヤムルカ • (yamuruka) 

1. a yarmulke: a skullcap worn by religious Jewish males

   Synonym: キッパー (kippā)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.