हिजाब
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حِجَاب (hijāb), from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb), from the root ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɪ.d͡ʒɑːb/, [ɦɪ.d͡ʒäːb]
Noun
हिजाब • (hijāb) m (Urdu spelling حجاب)
- a hijab
- a veil, curtain
- (figurative) concealment, modesty, bashfulness, shame
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حجاب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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