sheitel

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Etymology

From Yiddish שייטל, from German Scheitel (“parting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃaɪtəl/

Noun

sheitel (plural sheitels)

1. A wig worn by orthodox, married, Jewish women.
   • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 196:

     I keep wanting to put her in a sheitel, the wig that every Orthodox Jewish wife is supposed to wear in order to prevent a man not her husband from lusting after her in his heart

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• sheltie, Sheltie