kippah

English

Men wearing kippahs

Alternative forms

kippa, kipah, kipa, kippoh

Etymology

From Hebrew כִּיפָּה‎ (kipá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiːpə/
Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɪpə
Homophone: kipper (second pronunciation; in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

kippah (plural kippot or kippahs or kippoth)

The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

Synonyms

Translations

skullcap

Arabic: قُبَّة‎ f (qubba), كِبَّة‎ f (kibba)
Armenian: թասակ (hy) (tʿasak), կիպա (kipa)
Catalan: quipà f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡巴 (kǎbā)
Czech: kipa f
Danish: kalot c
Dutch: keppel (nl) m
Esperanto: kipao
Finnish: kipa (fi)
French: kippa (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kippa (de) f, Kippah (de) f
Greek: σκούφος (el) m (skoúfos)
Hebrew: כִּפָּה‎ (he) f (kipá)
Hungarian: kipa, jarmulke, sábeszdekli
Italian: kippah (it) f, chippa f
Japanese: キッパー (kippā), キッパ (kippa)
Ladino: takya f
Polish: jarmułka (pl) f, kipa (pl) f, mycka (pl) f
Portuguese: quipá (pt) m
Russian: ермо́лка (ru) f (jermólka), кипа́ (ru) f (kipá)
Spanish: kipá (es) f
Swedish: kippa (sv) c
Turkish: kipa (tr)
Yiddish: יאַרמלקע‎ f (yarmlke)

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