yashmak
Example Sentences
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She suddenly withdraws the yashmak, shines upon your heart and soul with all the pomp and might of her beauty.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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 Thomas Gaskell Allen
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 H. N. Crellin
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 H. N. Crellin
Sime he had hopelessly lost, as around fountain and flower-bed, arbour and palm trunk he leapt in pursuit of the elusive yashmak.
From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer
