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    What word for a priest's gown probably derives from the name for a kind of cloak worn by horse-riding nomads from the southern steppes of East and Asian Russia?

    Question #117132. Asked by flem-ish. (Aug 29 10 7:17 AM)


    Jon53

    		Burka

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burka

    Aug 30 10, 9:59 AM
    flem-ish

    		Interesting, but not what a priest wears. Caucasus is right direction however.

    Aug 30 10, 2:46 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Cassock. Related to Cossack - which leads Baloo to some imaginative thinking... Mind you, the other possible derivation from Persian 'raw silk' + 'stuffed' might be more appropriate in quite a few cases.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassock

    Aug 30 10, 2:52 PM

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