yarmulke
pronunciation
How to pronounce yarmulke in British English:
UK [ˈjɑ:mʊlkə]
How to pronounce yarmulke in American English:
US [ˈjɑrməlkə, ˈjɑməl-]
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- Noun:
- a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)
Word Origin
- yarmulke (n.)
- 1903, from Yiddish yarmulke, from Polish jarmułka, originally "a skullcap worn by priests," perhaps ultimately from Medieval Latin almutia "cowl, hood."
Example
- 1. Nowhere in the torah does it say l have to wear a yarmulke .
- 2. It was for me , how did you get the yarmulke to stay on ?
- 3. A teacher , a soft-spoken giant from colorado in a yarmulke and a worn wool jacket , pointed to a figure in a differential equation from newton 's " principia " and said , " this is where our upper-middle-class prejudices about time and space begin to break down . "