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The czupryna (Polish: wysokie polskie cięcie, podgolony łeb, łaszczówka), also known as the Polish halfshaven head, is a traditional Polish noble haircut, associated mainly with Sarmatism, but worn by Poles in the Middle Ages too. It is marked by shaving hair above the ears and on the neck at the same height, with longer hair on the top of ...
This is a list English words of Polish origin, that is words used in the English language that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Polish. Several Polish words have entered English slang via Yiddish , brought by Ashkenazi Jews migrating from Poland to North America .
National costumes of Poland (Polish: stroje ludowe) vary by region. They are typically not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions. [1] The costumes may reflect region and sometimes social or marital status. [1]
A traditional hat of Assam, India. Plain and decorative jaapis are available. Kalpak: A traditional hat of Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Central Asia. Made primarily of lamb fur, it comes in a variety of regional styles. Karakul: A hat made from the fur of the Karakul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia.
Czapka of the officer of 3rd Uhlan Regiment 1815-1831. Czapka (/ ˈ tʃ æ p k ə /, Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂapka]; also spelt chapka or schapska / ˈ ʃ æ p s k ə /) [1] is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap.
New Hebrew-German Dictionary: with grammatical notes and list of abbreviations, compiled by Wiesen, Moses A., published by Rubin Mass, Jerusalem, in 1936 [12] The modern Greek-Hebrew, Hebrew-Greek dictionary, compiled by Despina Liozidou Shermister, first published in 2018; The Oxford English Hebrew dictionary, published in 1998 by the Oxford ...
Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
A painting of cornette-wearing Sisters of Charity by Armand Gautier (19th-century) Polish nun wearing a white cornette and habit in 1939 A cornette is a piece of female headwear. It is essentially a type of wimple consisting of a large starched piece of white cloth that is folded upward in such a way as to create the resemblance of horns ...