hijab

See also: Hijab and hijāb

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb, “veil”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/, /hɪˈd͡ʒæb/[1]
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb
  • Hyphenation: hi‧jab

Noun

hijab (countable and uncountable, plural hijabs)

  1. (uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males.
    • 2010, Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid, Veiled Voices, →ISBN, page 13:
      The belief that Muslim females observe hijab because men force them to do so insults some Muslim females who have based their decision on their understanding of Islam.
  2. (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
    Coordinate terms: niqab, sheila, burka

Translations

References
  1. “hijab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhidʒɑb/, [ˈhidʒɑb]
  • Syllabification(key): hi‧jab

Noun

hijab

  1. hijab (headscarf)

Declension
Inflection of hijab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative hijab hijabit
genitive hijabin hijabien
partitive hijabia hijabeja
illative hijabiin hijabeihin
singular plural
nominative hijab hijabit
accusative nom. hijab hijabit
gen. hijabin
genitive hijabin hijabien
partitive hijabia hijabeja
inessive hijabissa hijabeissa
elative hijabista hijabeista
illative hijabiin hijabeihin
adessive hijabilla hijabeilla
ablative hijabilta hijabeilta
allative hijabille hijabeille
essive hijabina hijabeina
translative hijabiksi hijabeiksi
instructive — hijabein
abessive hijabitta hijabeitta
comitative — hijabeineen
Possessive forms of hijab (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person hijabini hijabimme
2nd person hijabisi hijabinne
3rd person hijabinsa

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio (CAN)(file)

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

  1. Alternative spelling of hidjab

See also

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Noun

hijab m (invariable)

  1. hijab

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijaber, definite plural hijabene)

  1. a hijab

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijabar, definite plural hijabane)

  1. a hijab

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

  1. (countable) hijab (veil worn by Muslim women)

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

hijab (n class, plural hijab)

  1. Alternative form of hijabu
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