یاشمق

Ottoman Turkish

یاشمق

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaĺmak (“veil”), a development of *yaĺ- (“to cover, close”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yaşmaq and Turkmen ýaşmak.

Noun

یاشمق • (yaşmak)

  1. yashmak, niqab, any veil worn by women which covers their faces
    Synonyms: پرده (perde), حجاب (hicab), نقاب (nikab)
  2. veil, something hung up or spread out to hide an object from view

Derived terms

  • اوجاق یاشمغی (ocak yaşmağı, “curtain of cloth to an open fireplace”)
  • قیز یاشمق (kız yaşmak, “kind of loose, open veil”)
  • یاشمق باغلانمق (yaşmak bağlanmak, “to put on one's veil”)
  • یاشمقجی (yaşmakcı, “female attendant in charge of the veils”)
  • یاشمقسز (yaşmaksız, “unveiled”)
  • یاشمقلامق (yaşmaklamak, “to veil”)
  • یاشمقلانمق (yaşmaklanmak, “to put on one's veil”)
  • یاشمقلق (yaşmaklık, “muslin suitable for a veil”)
  • یاشمقلو (yaşmaklı, “veiled”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yaşmak
  • → Armenian: եաշմախ (eašmax), եաշմաղ (eašmaġ)
  • → English: yashmak
  • → Hijazi Arabic: شُمَاغ (šumāḡ)
  • → Hungarian: jasmak
  • → Polish: jaszmak
  • → Romanian: iașmac
  • → Ubykh: ӷашмақ (ğaŝmak)

Further reading

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