hiyab

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xiˈʝab/ [xiˈʝaβ̞], /iˈʝab/ [iˈʝaβ̞]

• 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)

1. hijab

Further reading

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