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יאַרמלקע
‘yarmulke, kippah, skullcap’

יאַרמלקע
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'yarmulke, kippah, skullcap'

ETYMOLOGY

From Turkic by way of Slavic language(s). Beider suggests that the word was first borrowed by Ukrainians from Turks or Crimean Tatars as ярмулка 'cap'.
Ukrainian ярмулка; Polish jarmułka; Belarusian ярмoлка, ярмулка; Russian eрмoлка; from Turkish yağmurluk 'raincoat, oilskin'.


CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

jarmɩkə {ער: אַ קאַפּל} {ETCP, Teiuș, 46233}

jármɩkʎ {ETCP, Bistriţa, 47241}

jármɩɫkʲə {מיט סאמעט} {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

ISRAEL

jarmɩlkɛ (refers only to the white Jerusalemite yarmulkas) [Bnei Brak, Eli Benedict (Karlin)}

SOUTHEASTERN

jǽrmiŋkə {יערמינקע} {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}