yaşmak

Meaning

yashmak, a veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.

Concepts

yashmak

veil

Translations

Schleier

voile

litham

خِمَار

نِقَاب

Niqab

γιασμάκι

niqab

nikab

niqab

نقاب

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: یاشمق

Cognate with Turkmen: ýaşmak

Cognate with Karakhanid: يَشْماقْ

Cognate with Yakut: сас

Cognate with Karakhanid: يَلْما

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish یاشمق (yaşmak, “veil”), from Proto-Turkic *yaĺ-mak, from *yaĺ- (“to cover, close”). Cognate with Turkmen ýaşmak (“mouth covering”), Karakhanid يَشْماقْ (yašmāq, “to hide”), Yakut сас (sas, “to hide”). Compare also Karakhanid يَلْما (yalmā, “raincoat”). Equivalent to infinitive of the obsolete verb yaş-.