جلباب

Arabic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒil.baːb/

Noun

جِلْبَاب • (jilbāb) m (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))

1. a long garment, a robe, jilbab
   • 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 to your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to adjust their jilbabs. It is most fitting for them to know that (by doing that) they will not be harmed. And Allah is forgiving and merciful

Declension

Declension of noun جِلْبَاب (jilbāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِلْبَاب jilbāb	الْجِلْبَاب al-jilbāb	جِلْبَاب jilbāb
Nominative	جِلْبَابٌ jilbābun	الْجِلْبَابُ al-jilbābu	جِلْبَابُ jilbābu
Accusative	جِلْبَابًا jilbāban	الْجِلْبَابَ al-jilbāba	جِلْبَابَ jilbāba
Genitive	جِلْبَابٍ jilbābin	الْجِلْبَابِ al-jilbābi	جِلْبَابِ jilbābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِلْبَابَيْن jilbābayn	الْجِلْبَابَيْن al-jilbābayn	جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay
Nominative	جِلْبَابَانِ jilbābāni	الْجِلْبَابَانِ al-jilbābāni	جِلْبَابَا jilbābā
Accusative	جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni	الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni	جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay
Genitive	جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni	الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni	جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَلَابِيب jalābīb	الْجَلَابِيب al-jalābīb	جَلَابِيب jalābīb
Nominative	جَلَابِيبُ jalābību	الْجَلَابِيبُ al-jalābību	جَلَابِيبُ jalābību
Accusative	جَلَابِيبَ jalābība	الْجَلَابِيبَ al-jalābība	جَلَابِيبَ jalābība
Genitive	جَلَابِيبَ jalābība	الْجَلَابِيبِ al-jalābībi	جَلَابِيبِ jalābībi

Descendants

• → German: Dschilbab
• → English: jilbab
• → French: jilbab
• → Indonesian: jilbab
• → Persian: جلباب (jelbāb)
• → Russian: джильбаб (džilʹbab)
• → Spanish: yilbab, djilbab, jilbab

References

• 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