köken: From Middle High German sleier, sleiger, sloiger, slogier. Of uncertain ultimate origin, but most likely borrowed; perhaps related to Latin stragulus (“covering”). Compare Middle Low German sleyer, sloier, sloiger, Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Old Spanish velo Spanish velo Inherited from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum (“sail; veil”), from Proto-Indo-European.
aile: correr el velo, velo de novia, velo del paladar
veil, curtain, cover · diaphragm, aperture · interference (interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece)
çekim: çoğul przesłony · tamlayan przesłony
eş: przysłona, diafragma, blenda
köken: Etymology tree Polish przesłonićdeverb. Polish przesłona Deverbal from przesłonić.
ghoonghat, veil (covering drawn over the face) · prepuce, foreskin
çekim: çoğul घूँघटों
köken: Etymology tree Proto-New Indo-Aryan *घुंबपट्ट (ghuṃbapaṭṭa) Hindi घूँघट Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *घुंबपट्ट (ghuṃbapaṭṭa). Cognate with Nepali घुमटो (ghumaṭo), Gujarati ઘૂમટો (ghūmṭo), Bengali ঘোমটা (ghōmṭa) and Odia ଘୁମ୍ବଟା (ghumbaṭā).
veil (gauze, crape, or similar material spread out to hide the face) · mist (light, fine fog, cloud, shadow that obstructs clear vision) · fog (silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image)
köken: Uncertain. Related to бу́ла (búla, “Turkish woman”), so the meaning may have shifted by metonymy to refer to certain types of face veils that Turkish women once wore (e.g. yashmak).
From Middle High German sleier, sleiger, sloiger, slogier. Of uncertain ultimate origin, but most likely borrowed; perhaps related to Latin stragulus (“covering”). Compare Middle Low German sleyer, sloier, sloiger, Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”).