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yelek

yelek is the alternative form of jelick.

Meaning of jelick

Noun

jelick (plural jelicks)

  1. The bodice of women or vest of men worn in the Ottoman Empire.
    • She wore two jelicks—one was of pale yellow; / Of azure, pink, and white was her chemise— / 'Neath which her breast heaved like a little billow [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.70

Forms of yelek

pluralyeleks

Questions about yelek

What is yelek the alternative form of?
Yelek is the alternative form of jelick.

Words near yelek in the dictionary

  1. yeldrings
  2. yeldrins
  3. yeldrock
  4. yeldrocks
  5. Yele
  6. yelek
  7. yeleks
  8. Yelena
  9. Yelets
  10. Yelford
  11. Yelgun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yelek (page history and authors); jelick (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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