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yashmak

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjæʃ.mæk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the face veil worn by Muslim women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yashmac

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head covering, veil

History

Etymology

From Turkish yaşmak.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خِمَار (ḵimār) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Arabic: نِقَاب (niqāb) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Azerbaijani: yaşmaq — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 面紗 /面纱 (miànshā) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Czech: nikáb — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Dutch: nikab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Finnish: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • French: litham — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • French: voile — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • French: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • German: Schleier — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • German: Niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Hindi: निक़ाब (niqāb) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Hindi: नकाब (nakāb) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Hungarian: nikáb — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Hungarian: jasmak — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Indonesian: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Indonesian: purdah — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Japanese: ヤシュマク (yashumaku) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Kazakh: ниқаб (niqab) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Malay: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Malay: purdah — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Maltese: yaxmak — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Persian: روبنده (rubande) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Persian: نقاب (neqâb) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Polish: nikab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Polish: kwef — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Polish: czarczaf — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Polish: jaszmak — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Portuguese: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Romanian: iașmac — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Russian: чадра́ (čadrá) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Russian: яшма́к (jašmák) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Russian: вуа́ль (vuálʹ) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Russian: ника́б (nikáb) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: зар — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: марама — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: вео — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: zar — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: marama — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Serbo-Croatian: veo — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Spanish: nicab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Swedish: niqab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Swedish: nikab — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Turkish: yaşmak — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Ottoman Turkish: یاشمق (yaşmak) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرده (perde) — a veil worn by Muslim women
  • Urdu: نقاب (niqāb) — a veil worn by Muslim women