yemeni

 

From Ottoman Turkish یمنی, from Arabic يَمَنِي (yamanī, “Yemeni”).

• IPA^(key): [jemeˈni]

yemeni (definite accusative yemeniyi, plural yemeniler)

1. a traditional headscarf worn on the head for warmth, cleanliness or fashion.

• Greek: γεμενί (gemení)

• tülbent
• baş örtüsü / başörtü
• çember
• yazma

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yemeni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یمنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2210