English

Alternative forms

• (rhotic vaiants) yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke, yarmelka, yarmalke, yarmalka, yermulke
• (nonrhotic variants) yamulke, yamulka, yamelke, yamelka, yamalke, yamalka, yamuka

Noun

Yarmulkes

yarmulke ‎(plural yarmulkes)

1. A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
   • 2007, Patricia Cohen, "The Frozen Dozen", New York Times, April 29,

     But once Dr. Levenson, who works for the Indian Health Service and wears a colorful tapestry yarmulke, has alerted the tiny network, it almost seems as if we have stepped into Yiddishland.

Synonyms

• (Jewish skullcap): kippah, skullcap

Translations

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition (1997)
  
• “yarmulke” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.