hijab

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Alternative forms

• hejab

Etymology

From Arabic حجب (ħájaba, “to veil, to cover, to screen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪˈdʒɑːb/, IPA: /hɪˈdʒæb/, IPA: /ˈhɪ.dʒæb/, or IPA: /hɛˈdʒɑːb/[1][2][3][4]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

hijab (countable and uncountable; plural hijabs)

1. (uncountable, Islam) The veil worn by women beyond the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males.
2. (countable) The hajib headscarf.

Translations

the practice of dressing

• Arabic: احتجاب (ar) (’iħtijá:b)
• Polish: hidżab (pl) m

• Spanish: hiyab (es) m

headscarf

• Albanian: hijab (sq)
• Arabic: حجاب (ar) (Hijāb) m, خمار (ar) (khimār) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭巾 (cmn), 头巾 (cmn) (tóujīn)

• French: hidjab (fr) m
• German: Hijab (de) m
• Hungarian: hidzsáb (hu)
• Japanese: ヒジャーブ (ja) (hijābu)
• Marathi: हिजाब (mr) (hijāba) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hijab (nb) m, hidsjab (nb) m

  Nynorsk: hijab (nn) m, hidsjab (nn) m

• Persian: حجاب (fa) (hejāb)
• Polish: hidżab (pl) m
• Russian: хиджаб (ru) (xidžáb) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиџаб (sh) m

  Roman: hidžab (sh) m

Anagrams

• bhaji
• hajib

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French

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. Alternative spelling of hidjab.

See also

• niqab
• burqa

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Italian

Etymology

Arabic

Noun

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic حجب.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/, X-SAMPA: /hIds'Ab/, /hi:ds`Ab/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Noun

hijab m

1. hijab

Inflection

    Inflection of hijab

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	hijab	hijaben	hijaber	hijabene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic حجب.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/, X-SAMPA: /hIds'Ab/, /hi:ds`Ab/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Noun

hijab m

1. hijab

Inflection

    Inflection of hijab

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	hijab	hijaben	hijabar	hijabane