Etymology

kippah

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Today it means: The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews. Full definition →

Hebrew כִּיפָּה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromכִּיפָּה
  2. English todaykippah

Borrowed from Hebrew כִּיפָּה (kipá).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.