English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Turkish yaşmak .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
yashmak (plural yashmaks )
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
Translations
a veil worn by Muslim women
Arabic: خِمَار m ( ḵimār ) , نِقَاب m ( niqāb )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 面紗 / 面纱 (zh) ( miànshā ) , 面纱 (zh) ( miànshā )
Czech: nikáb 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 m ( niqāb ) , नकाब (hi) m ( nakāb )
Hungarian: nikáb , jasmak
Indonesian: niqab , purdah (id)
Japanese: ヤシュマク ( yashumaku )
Kazakh: ниқаб ( niqab )
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Malay: niqab , purdah
Persian: روبنده (fa) ( rubande ) , نقاب (fa) ( neqâb )
Polish: nikab (pl) m , kwef m , czarczaf (pl) m , jaszmak (pl) m
Portuguese: niqab (pt) m
Russian: чадра́ (ru) f ( čadrá ) , яшма́к m ( jašmák ) , вуа́ль (ru) f ( vuálʹ ) , ника́б (ru) m ( nikáb )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зар m , марама f , вео m
Roman: zar (sh) m , marama (sh) f , veo (sh) m
Spanish: nicab m
Swedish: niqab (sv) c , nikab c
Turkish: yaşmak (tr)
Urdu: نقاب m ( niqāb )
References
^ "yashmak." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. 2008.
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