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
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”).
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).