balaclava

Alternative forms

 * Also called balaclava helmet.

Etymology
From the city of in Crimea, from  (modern 🇨🇬), alteration of. During the the British troops suffered from cold due to improper clothing. When the news spread in the home front after the in 1854, the people began knitting warm clothing for the soldiers, including woollen caps to be worn under the helmet, which were named balaclavas by the troops.

Noun

 * 1) A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
 * 2)  A ski mask with holes for the eyes and, sometimes, the nose and mouth, which may be rolled up and worn like a toque or pulled over the face for greater protection.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: balaklawamus, bivakmus
 * Arabic: نَسِيج صُوفِيّ, بَالَاكْلَافَا
 * Armenian: բալակլավա
 * Belarusian: балакла́ва
 * Bulgarian: балакла́ва
 * Catalan: passamuntanyes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: elefanthue
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: skimasko, bivakĉapo
 * Faroese: brølapa
 * Finnish: huppupipo,, kypäräpipo
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , Skimaske ; Biwakmütze, Balaklava
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, בלקלאווה
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: balaclava
 * Irish: balacláva
 * Italian:, balaclava, balaklava
 * Japanese: 目出し帽, バラクラバ, バラクラヴァ
 * Korean: 발라클라바
 * Macedonian: фантомка
 * Maori: pōtae uhi, pōtae pūāhuru
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: balaklava, finlandshette
 * Nynorsk: balaklava, finlandshette
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, вя́заный шлем
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: фа̀нто̄мка, балаклава
 * Roman:, balaklava
 * Slovak: kukla
 * Slovene: podkapa
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:, ไอ้โม่ง
 * Ukrainian: балакла́ва
 * Welsh: balaclafa

Noun

 * 1) balaclava

Noun

 * 1)  headgear