ヤムルカ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from Yiddish יאַרמלקע‎ (yarmlke), possibly by way of English yarmulke.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ヤ​ムルカ [yáꜜmùrùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠mɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝka̠]

Noun

ヤムルカ (rōmaji yamuruka)

  1. a yarmulke: a skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
    Synonym: キッパー (kippā)

References
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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