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): [ja̠mɯ̟ɾɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

ヤムルカ • (yamuruka) 

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

References

  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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