🔤 Yasmak ✨

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muslim khawatain ka chehra dhanpne wala parda ya naqaab

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yasmak

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DEFINITION

a type of veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public, historically common in the Ottoman Empire

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Historical paintings often show women wearing a traditional white yasmak while walking through city bazaars. The museum catalog featured a delicate silk yasmak preserved from nineteenth-century Istanbul. In historic accounts, the yasmak was worn in public so that only the eyes remained visible. Textile historians study how the design of the yasmak evolved over different historical eras. She examined an antique yasmak crafted with fine border embroidery at the cultural exhibit.

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veil face veil niqab face covering