śimlā שִׂמְלָה ‘mantle’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
perhaps for the feminine of semel סֶ֫מֶל ‘idol’ ( through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath), by permutation
Roots:
סמל סמל
śimlā n, f
1) wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth