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. (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

• hijabi

• → Portuguese: hijabe

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

• bhaji, hajib

From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

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

hijab

1. hijab (headscarf)

• “hijab”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ^{(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).

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

• 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 (n class, plural hijab)

1. Alternative form of hijabu

• hidyab

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈd͡ʒab/ [hɪˈd͡ʒab]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: hi‧jab

hijáb (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜊ᜔)

1. hijab (headscarf)