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yashmak

Syllables: yash·mak/ˈjæʃ.mæk/

yashmak noun: a veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.

yashmak: a veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public
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Noun

yashmak (plural yashmaks)

  1. A veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
    • Through her gauzy yashmak I could see that she was smiling.1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page ix. 88
    • Mungo cannot make out her face, which is concealed behind a yashmak – the double horsehair veil worn by Muslim women in public – but he is immediately struck by her feet and hands.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 46
    Synonyms:
    niqab, veil, hijab, purdah, scarf

yashmak meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

yashmak in Hindi

a veil worn by Muslim women
निक़ाब niqāb, नकाब nakāb

yashmak in Tamil

இசுலாமிய மாதரின் முகமூடாக்குத் திரை

yashmak in Urdu

a veil worn by Muslim women
نقاب niqāb

yashmak in Arabic

a veil worn by Muslim women
خِمَار ḵimār, نِقَاب niqāb
More languagesFewer languages
yashmak in Malay
niqab, purdah
yashmak in Indonesian
niqab, purdah
yashmak in Persian
روبنده rubande, نقاب neqâb

Synonyms of yashmak

All synonyms of yashmak

Forms of yashmak

pluralyashmaks
alternative formyashmac
alternative formyashmack

Origin of yashmak

From Turkish yaşmak.

Words formed from yashmak

Questions about yashmak

What does yashmak mean?
Yashmak means a veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
What is yashmak in Hindi?
Yashmak in Hindi is निक़ाब (niqāb), नकाब (nakāb). See Yashmak meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is yashmak?
Yashmak is a noun.
How do you pronounce yashmak?
Yashmak is pronounced /ˈjæʃ.mæk/.
What is the plural of yashmak?
The plural of yashmak is yashmaks.

Words near yashmak in the dictionary

  1. yashmac
  2. yashmack
  3. yashmacked
  4. yashmacks
  5. yashmacs
  6. yashmak
  7. yashmaked
  8. yashmaks
  9. Yashoda
  10. yasht
  11. yashts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yashmak (page history and authors); yashmak (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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