hiyab

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /xiˈʝab/ [xiˈʝaβ̞], /iˈʝab/ [iˈʝaβ̞]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xiˈʃab/ [xiˈʃaβ̞], /iˈʃab/ [iˈʃaβ̞]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xiˈʒab/ [xiˈʒaβ̞], /iˈʒab/ [iˈʒaβ̞]

Rhymes: -ab
Syllabification: hi‧yab

Noun

hiyab m (plural hiyabs)

hijab

Further reading

“hiyab”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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