noun
yarmulke
YAH-muhl-kuh
noun
1
A small, round skullcap worn by Jewish men, especially during prayer or religious observance.
"He kept a yarmulke in his coat pocket for visits to the synagogue."
How to Use Yarmulke
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small cap worn on the crown of the head as a sign of respect before God, common in Jewish religious practice.
Common mistake
"Yarmulke" and "kippah" refer to the same item — yarmulke is the Yiddish-derived term, kippah the Hebrew one.
Easily confused with
kippah
Word Forms
yarmulkes plural
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Etymology
From Yiddish yarmlke, itself from Polish jarmułka, ultimately traced back to a Turkic word related to headgear.