حجاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ج ب‎ (ḥ-j-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħi.d͡ʒaːb/
  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ħi.ɡæːb/
  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ħd͡ʒɑːb/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ħi.ʒaːb/
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /ħi.ʒaːb/

Noun

حِجَاب • (ḥijāb) m (plural حُجُب‎ (ḥujub) or أَحْجِبَة‎ (ʔaḥjiba))

1. screen, barrier

   Synonyms: حَاجِز‎ (ḥājiz), بَرْزَخ‎ (barzaḵ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:51:

     ‏وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ‎‎

     wa-mā kāna li-bašarin ʔan yukallimahu l-lahu ʔillā waḥyan ʔaw min warāʔi ḥijābin

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. cover
3. curtain
4. diaphragm (also اَلْحِجَاب الْحَاجِز‎ (al-ḥijāb al-ḥājiz))

   Synonym: حَزَاق‎ (ḥazāq)

5. amulet

   Synonym: تَمِيمَة‎ (tamīma)

6. headscarf, hijab

Declension

Declension of noun حِجَاب (ḥijāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِجَاب ḥijāb	الْحِجَاب‎ al-ḥijāb	حِجَاب ḥijāb
Nominative	حِجَابٌ ḥijābun	الْحِجَابُ‎ al-ḥijābu	حِجَابُ ḥijābu
Accusative	حِجَابًا‎ ḥijāban	الْحِجَابَ‎ al-ḥijāba	حِجَابَ ḥijāba
Genitive	حِجَابٍ ḥijābin	الْحِجَابِ‎ al-ḥijābi	حِجَابِ ḥijābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِجَابَيْن‎ ḥijābayn	الْحِجَابَيْن‎ al-ḥijābayn	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Nominative	حِجَابَانِ‎ ḥijābāni	الْحِجَابَانِ‎ al-ḥijābāni	حِجَابَا‎ ḥijābā
Accusative	حِجَابَيْنِ‎ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Genitive	حِجَابَيْنِ‎ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُجُب‎‎; أَحْجِبَة‎ ḥujub‎; ʔaḥjiba	الْحُجُب‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَة‎ al-ḥujub‎; al-ʔaḥjiba	حُجُب‎‎; أَحْجِبَة‎ ḥujub‎; ʔaḥjibat
Nominative	حُجُبٌ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةٌ‎ ḥujubun‎; ʔaḥjibatun	الْحُجُبُ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةُ‎ al-ḥujubu‎; al-ʔaḥjibatu	حُجُبُ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةُ‎ ḥujubu‎; ʔaḥjibatu
Accusative	حُجُبًا‎‎; أَحْجِبَةً‎ ḥujuban‎; ʔaḥjibatan	الْحُجُبَ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةَ‎ al-ḥujuba‎; al-ʔaḥjibata	حُجُبَ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةَ‎ ḥujuba‎; ʔaḥjibata
Genitive	حُجُبٍ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةٍ‎ ḥujubin‎; ʔaḥjibatin	الْحُجُبِ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةِ‎ al-ḥujubi‎; al-ʔaḥjibati	حُجُبِ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةِ‎ ḥujubi‎; ʔaḥjibati

Descendants

• → English: hijab
  • → Portuguese: hijabe
• → Spanish: hiyab
• → Swahili: hijabu

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حجاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

حُجَّاب • (ḥujjāb) m pl

1. plural of حَاجِب‎ (ḥājib)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hi.ˈd͡ʒɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.d͡ʒɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.d͡ʒɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.d͡ʒɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	hijāḇ
Dari reading?	hijāb
Iranian reading?	hejâb
Tajik reading?	hijob

Noun

حجاب • (hejâb)

1. screen
2. cover
3. veil
4. hijab

   ‏خانم مینا حتی با حجاب سکسیست!‎‎ ― Ms. Mina is sexy even in a hijab!

Related terms

• باحجاب‎ (bâ-hejâb)
• بدحجاب‎ (bad-hejâb)
• بی‌حجاب‎ (bi-hejâb)
• حجابی‎ (hejâbi)
• حجاب حاجز‎ (hejâb-e hâjez)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian حجاب‎ (hijāb), from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦɪɟɑːbʊ]

Noun

حجاب (hijābu) m (Devanagari हिजाबु)

1. screen
2. cover
3. veil
4. hijab

Related terms

• حجاب حاجز‎ (hejâb-e hâjez)