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yarmulke

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈjɑːməlkə/Part of speech nounSorted aeklmruyStarts with YEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)

Word origin

Borrowed from Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), from Polish jarmułka (“skullcap”), from Turkic; compare Turkish yağmurluk (“rain apparel”).

Used in a sentence

  • And I always feel uncomfortable dur­ing the High Holy Days watching people in yarmulkes rushing through the streets, knowing they’ll be swaying and moaning something ancient and indecipherable, even to me.
  • But once Dr. Levenson, who works for the Indian Health Service and wears a colorful tapestry yarmulke, has alerted the tiny network, it almost seems as if we have stepped into Yiddishland.

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