Yashmak
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A yashmak, yashmac or yasmak (from Template:Langx, "a veil"[1]) is a Turkish and Turkmen type of veil or Script error: No such module "Lang". worn by women to cover their faces in public. Today, there is almost no usage of this garment in Turkey. In Turkmenistan, however, it is still consciously used by some married women in the presence of elder relatives of a husband.[2][3]
Description
Unlike an ordinary veil, a yashmak contains a head-veil and a face-veil in one, thus consisting of two pieces of fine muslin, one tied across the face under the nose, and the other tied across the forehead draping the head.
A yashmak can also include a rectangle of woven black horsehair attached close to the temples and sloping down like an awning to cover the face, called peçe, or it can be a veil covered with pieces of lace, having slits for the eyes, tied behind the head by strings and sometimes supported over the nose by a small piece of gold.
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- ↑ From an identical Old Turkic verb meaning "to cover, hide". The original verb has become obsolete and a new verb, Script error: No such module "Lang". [segmented Script error: No such module "Lang".], "to veil", has developed.
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