hijab

• hejab, hijaab, hajib, hijabi (nonstandard)

From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/, /hɪˈd͡ʒæb/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: hi‧jab

hijab (countable and uncountable, plural hijabs)

1. (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

   Coordinate terms: niqab, shayla, burqa

   • 2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2021:

     “When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “

2. (uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) 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.

• → Portuguese: hijabe

• hijab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hijab on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

• bhaji, hajib

From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhidʒɑb/, [ˈhidʒɑ̝b]
• Rhymes: -idʒɑb
• Syllabification^(key): hi‧jab
• Hyphenation^(key): hi‧jab

hijab

1. hijab (headscarf)

• “hijab”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /i.ʒab/

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hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. alternative spelling of hidjab

• niqab
• burqa

• “hijab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

• IPA^(key): /iˈd͡ʒab/

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

   Synonym: velo

• hidsjab

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

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

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

1. a hijab

• “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• hidsjab

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

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

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

1. a hijab

• “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English hijab.

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. alternative form of hijabe

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hijab class IX (plural hijab class X)

1. alternative form of hijabu

• hidyab

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈd͡ʒab/ [hɪˈd͡ʒab̚]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /hidˈjab/ [hɪd̪ˈjab̚]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: hi‧jab

hijáb (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜊ᜔)

1. hijab (headscarf)