kippah

English

Men wearing kippahs

Alternative forms

kippa, kipah, kipa, kippoh

Etymology

From Hebrew כִּיפָּה (kipá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiːpə/, /ˈkɪpə/, /kɪˈpɑː/
Rhymes: -iːpə, -ɪpə, -ɑː
Homophones: keeper (1st pronunciation, non-rhotic), kipper (2nd pronunciation, non-rhotic)

Noun

kippah (plural kippahs or kippot or kippoth)

The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

Synonyms

Translations

skullcap

Afrikaans: kippa, skedelmus
Arabic: قُبَّة f (qubba), كِبَّة f (kibba)
Armenian: թասակ (hy) (tʿasak), կիպա (kipa)
Catalan: quipà f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡巴 (kǎbā)
Czech: kipa f
Danish: kalot c
Dutch: keppel (nl) m
Esperanto: kipao
Finnish: kipa (fi)
French: kippa (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kippa (de) f, Kippah (de) f
Greek: σκούφος (el) m (skoúfos)
Hebrew: כִּפָּה (he) f (kipá)
Hungarian: kipa (hu), jarmulke, sábeszdekli (hu)
Italian: kippah (it) f, chippa f
Japanese: キッパー (kippā), キッパ (kippa)
Ladino: takya f, kipá f
Polish: jarmułka (pl) f, kipa (pl) f, mycka (pl) f
Portuguese: quipá (pt) m
Russian: ермо́лка (ru) f (jermólka), кипа́ (ru) f (kipá)
Spanish: kipá (es) f
Swedish: kippa (sv) c
Turkish: kipa (tr)
Yiddish: יאַרמלקע f (yarmlke)

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