Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beshmet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: besh-met
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бешме́т (bešmét), itself from Tatar бишмәт (bişmät).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: бешме́т, бишмәт

Inflected Forms

beshmets (plural)

Questions

What does beshmet mean?: A knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.
Where does beshmet come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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