tichel

From Yiddish טיכל (tikhl), compare German Tuch (“cloth”).

tichel (plural tichels)

1. A headscarf often worn by married orthodox Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzeniut, though individuals from other sects of Judaism also wear them depending on personal choice.

   Coordinate terms: mitpachat, snood, shpitzel

   • 2003, Jerome Groopman, The Anatomy of Hope, Random House, →ISBN:

     She knew that even with the formless skirts extending to her ankles, the billowing blouses with sleeves reaching her wrists, and her hair covered by the tichel, men turned when they passed her on the street.

   • 2013, Reina Lewis, Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith‎, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     The tichel was compared to hijab with suggestions of how Muslim women might adapt it. The contributor ‘mama-star’ was enthusiastic about her discovery, pointing out how the Muslim blogger had talked about her ‘orthodox Jewish sisters’.

• Leicht, Leitch, chilte, eltchi

From Middle Dutch tigele, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula. More at tegel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.xəl/

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• Hyphenation: ti‧chel
• Rhymes: -ɪxəl

tichel m (plural tichels, diminutive ticheltje n)

1. roof tile

   Hij wierp met een tichel naar dat tuig van de richel: één pot nat, zonder gewichel.

   He threw a roof tile at that scum of the earth: it doesn't take a sixth sense to tell they aren't that different.

   Synonym: dakpan

2. brick
   • 1842, Franz Ludwig Zahn, "S 6. Torenbouw van Babel", in Bijbelsche geschiedenissen, tr. from German, J. Noordendorp (publ., revised ed., 1867), page 15.

     Maar het geschiedde als zij tegen het Oosten togen, dat zij eene laagte vonden in het land Sinear, en zij woonden aldaar; en zij zeiden een ieder tot zijnen naaste: Kom aan, laat ons tichelen strijken en wel doorbranden; en de tichel was hun voor steen en het lijm was hun voor leem.

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   Synonym: baksteen

3. flagstone

   Synonym: tegel