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yarmulka

yarmulka 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 yarmulka

pluralyarmulkas

Questions about yarmulka

What is yarmulka the alternative spelling of?
Yarmulka is the alternative spelling of yarmulke.

Words near yarmulka in the dictionary

  1. Yarmouth County
  2. Yarmouth Port
  3. Yarmouthian
  4. Yarmouths
  5. yarms
  6. yarmulka
  7. yarmulkas
  8. yarmulke
  9. yarmulkes
  10. yarn
  11. yarn bomb

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