yashmak

American  

[yahsh-mahk, yash-mak] / jɑʃˈmɑk, ˈjæʃ mæk /

Or yashmac

noun

1. the veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public.

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yashmak British  

/ ˈjæʃmæk /

noun

1. the face veil worn by Muslim women when in public

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Etymology

Origin of yashmak

First recorded in 1835–45, yashmak is from the Turkish word yaşmak

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Example Sentences

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yashmak

She has very fine eyes, and that's about all I can tell you, sir, because she wears a yashmak.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer

He drew out his pancake phone and stretched it so that it covered both their lower faces, like a double yashmak.

From The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Fritz Leiber

I hurried down therefore from my chamber just as I was, forgetting even in my excitement to throw my yashmak over me, and crossing the narrow yard between our houses, I entered the Emir's garden.

From Tales of the Caliph by H. N. Crellin

It was that of a woman who wore the black silk dress and the white yashmak of the Moslem, and who was bending forward looking into the room.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer

In all her photographs Zara el-Khala appeared veiled, in the Eastern manner; that is to say, she wore a white silk yashmak which concealed all her face except her magnificent eyes!

From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer

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