جلباب

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Etymology

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From Ge'ez ግልባብ (gəlbab, covering, veil, wrapper) from ገልበበ (gälbäbä, to cover, to veil, to wrap, to envelop), whereas the verbs in the Arabic root ج ل ب ب (j-l-b-b) are denominal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جِلْبَاب (jilbābm (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))

  1. a long, loose-fitting outer garment; a robe
    Synonyms: عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa), جُبَّة (jubba), قَفْطَان (qafṭān), (archaic) قَمِيص (qamīṣ), (archaic) لِحَاف (liḥāf), (archaic) مُلَاءَة (mulāʔa), (obsolete) إِزَار (ʔizār), (literary) رَيْطَة (rayṭa)
  2. (obsolete) a woman's long headcloth; a headscarf
    Synonyms: (modern) حِجَاب (ḥijāb), خِمَار (ḵimār), (obsolete) قِنَاع (qināʕ)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:59:
      يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ المُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلابِيبِهِنَّ ذٰلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
      yā ʔayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul liʔazwājika wabanātika wanisāʔi l-muʔminīna yudnīna ʕalayhinna min jalābībihinna ḏālika ʔadnā ʔan yuʕrafna falā yuʔḏayna wakāna l-lahu ḡafūran raḥīman
      O Prophet! Tell your wives, your daughters, and the women of the believers to have hanging-down headscarves. Through this, it is more attainable for them to be recognized, for them not to be harmed. ʾAllāh is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

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References

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  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 102
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53