ширма

Borrowed from German Schirm. Doublet of экра́н (ekrán).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂɨrmə]

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ши́рма • (šírma) f inan (genitive ши́рмы, nominative plural ши́рмы, genitive plural ширм, diminutive ши́рмочка)

1. room divider, divider screen
2. (figurative) screen, front, facade, smokescreen (something used to conceal true actions, motives, or nature)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ширма”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.