یاشمق

Ottoman Turkish

یاشمق

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaĺmak (veil), a development of *yaĺ- (to cover, close). Cognate with Azerbaijani yaşmaq and Turkmen ýaşmak.

Noun

یاشمق • (yaşmak)

  1. yashmak, niqab, any veil worn by women which covers their faces
    Synonyms: پرده (perde), حجاب (hicab), نقاب (nikab)
  2. veil, something hung up or spread out to hide an object from view

Derived terms

  • اوجاق یاشمغی (ocak yaşmağı, curtain of cloth to an open fireplace)
  • قیز یاشمق (kız yaşmak, kind of loose, open veil)
  • یاشمق باغلانمق (yaşmak bağlanmak, to put on one's veil)
  • یاشمقجی (yaşmakcı, female attendant in charge of the veils)
  • یاشمقسز (yaşmaksız, unveiled)
  • یاشمقلامق (yaşmaklamak, to veil)
  • یاشمقلانمق (yaşmaklanmak, to put on one's veil)
  • یاشمقلق (yaşmaklık, muslin suitable for a veil)
  • یاشمقلو (yaşmaklı, veiled)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yaşmak
  • Armenian: եաշմախ (eašmax), եաշմաղ (eašmaġ)
  • English: yashmak
  • Hijazi Arabic: شُمَاغ (šumāḡ)
  • Hungarian: jasmak
  • Polish: jaszmak
  • Romanian: iașmac
  • Ubykh: ӷашмақ (ğaŝmak)

Further reading

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