יאַרמלקע
Yiddish
editAlternative forms
edit- יאַרמולקע (yarmulke)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Polish jarmułka (“skullcap”) and Ukrainian ярмулка (jarmulka), from Ottoman Turkish یاغمورلق (yağmurluk, “rainwear”).[1] However, it could also be from or influenced by Medieval Latin almutia (“hood, cowl”) (compare Latin amictus (“clothed, veiled”)).[2]
Noun
editיאַרמלקע • (yarmlke) f, plural יאַרמלקעס (yarmlkes)
Descendants
edit- → Belarusian: ярмо́лка (jarmólka)
- → German: Jarmulke
- → English: yarmulke
- → Russian: ермо́лка (jermólka)
- → Serbo-Croatian: jarmùlka／јарму̀лка
References
edit- ^ “yarmulke”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yarmulke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.