Meanings
plural yashmaks · alternative yashmac · alternative yashmack
- 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. 881 more example
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 & antonyms
nounA veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
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Origin
- Turkishyaşmak
- Englishyashmak
From Turkish yaşmak.
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Arabic خِمَار, نِقَاب
- خِمَار (ḵimār)a veil worn by Muslim women
- نِقَاب (niqāb)a veil worn by Muslim women
Chinese Mandarin 面紗 /面纱
- 面紗 /面纱 (miànshā)a veil worn by Muslim women
Czech nikáb
- nikába veil worn by Muslim women
Dutch nikab
- nikaba veil worn by Muslim women
Finnish niqab
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
French litham, voile
- lithama veil worn by Muslim women
- voilea veil worn by Muslim women
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
German Schleier, Niqab
- Schleiera veil worn by Muslim women
- Niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
Hindi निक़ाब, नकाब
- निक़ाब (niqāb)a veil worn by Muslim women
- नकाब (nakāb)a veil worn by Muslim women
Hungarian nikáb, jasmak
- nikába veil worn by Muslim women
- jasmaka veil worn by Muslim women
Indonesian niqab, purdah
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
- purdaha veil worn by Muslim women
Japanese ヤシュマク
- ヤシュマク (yashumaku)a veil worn by Muslim women
Malay niqab, purdah
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
- purdaha veil worn by Muslim women
Persian روبنده, نقاب
- روبنده (rubande)a veil worn by Muslim women
- نقاب (neqâb)a veil worn by Muslim women
Polish nikab, kwef
- nikaba veil worn by Muslim women
- kwefa veil worn by Muslim women
- czarczafa veil worn by Muslim women
- jaszmaka veil worn by Muslim women
Portuguese niqab
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
Romanian iașmac
- iașmaca veil worn by Muslim women
Russian чадра́, яшма́к
- чадра́ (čadrá)a veil worn by Muslim women
- яшма́к (jašmák)a veil worn by Muslim women
- вуа́ль (vuálʹ)a veil worn by Muslim women
- ника́б (nikáb)a veil worn by Muslim women
Spanish nicab
- nicaba veil worn by Muslim women
Swedish niqab, nikab
- niqaba veil worn by Muslim women
- nikaba veil worn by Muslim women
Turkish yaşmak
- yaşmaka veil worn by Muslim women
Urdu نقاب
- نقاب (niqāb)a veil worn by Muslim women
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Cite this entry
yashmak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yashmak
“yashmak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yashmak. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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