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beshmet

beshmet noun: a knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.

Noun

beshmet (plural beshmets)

  1. A knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.

Forms of beshmet

pluralbeshmets

Origin of beshmet

Borrowed from Russian бешме́т (bešmét), itself from Tatar бишмәт (bişmät).

Questions about beshmet

What does beshmet mean?
Beshmet means a knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.
What part of speech is beshmet?
Beshmet is a noun.
What is the plural of beshmet?
The plural of beshmet is beshmets.

Words near beshmet in the dictionary

  1. beshivered
  2. beshivering
  3. beshivers
  4. beshlik
  5. beshliks
  6. beshmet
  7. beshmets
  8. beshod
  9. beshoe
  10. beshoed
  11. beshoeing

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