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yarmelka

yarmelka is the alternative spelling of yarmulke.

Meaning of yarmulke

Noun

yarmulke (plural yarmulkes)

  1. (Judaism) A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
    • And I always feel uncomfortable dur­ing the High Holy Days watching people in yarmulkes rushing through the streets, knowing they’ll be swaying and moaning something ancient and indecipherable, even to me.1991 October 1, Richard Goldstein, “The New Anti-Semitism: A Geshrei”, in Village Voice, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2020, page 33
    Synonyms:
    kippah, kappel, skullcap

Forms of yarmelka

pluralyarmelkas

Questions about yarmelka

What is yarmelka the alternative spelling of?
Yarmelka is the alternative spelling of yarmulke.

Words near yarmelka in the dictionary

  1. yarmalka
  2. yarmalkas
  3. yarmalke
  4. yarmalkes
  5. yarmed
  6. yarmelka
  7. yarmelkas
  8. yarmelke
  9. yarmelkes
  10. yarming
  11. Yarmolyntsi

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