YARMULKE


Meaning of YARMULKE in English

[ 'jα:mʊlkə ]

(also yarmulka )

■ noun a skullcap worn in public by Orthodox Jewish men or during prayer by other Jewish men.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Yiddish yarmolke .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.