yashmak

Example Sentences

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On the street a shroud-like robe called yashmak, usually white, but sometimes crimson, purple, or black, covers them from head to foot.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell

His face was very grave, for there was a look in the bright eyes of the girl in the yashmak which, professionally, he did not like.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

Here you, my dear, Emruld, put your yashmak up a bit higher.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

The dress of all, both men and women, is strange and hideous, and one looks in vain for the well-folded turban, or the decent modest yashmak.

From Tales of the Caliph by Crellin, H. N.

I hurried down therefore from my chamber just as I was, forgetting even in my excitement to throw my yashmak over me, and crossing the narrow yard between our houses, I entered the Emir's garden.

From Tales of the Caliph by Crellin, H. N.