zmijovka

From Czech zmijovka.

• enPR: zmēʹŏfkə, IPA^(key): /ˈzmiːɒfkə/

zmijovka (plural zmijovky)

1. A traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it takes its name.

   Synonym: budajka (Slovak name)

• zmijovka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From zmije (“viper, adder”) +‎ -ovka (suffix forming feminine nouns from other nouns) or zmijový (“viperine”) +‎ -ka (suffix forming feminine nouns).

• IPA^(key): [ˈzmɪjofka]

zmijovka f

1. zmijovka (Czech wool cap whose cuff has a zig-zag pattern like that on an adder’s back)

   Synonyms: hadovka, pepíkovka

• → English: zmijovka
• → Russian: змиёвка (zmijóvka) (transliteration)

• “zmijovka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025