hijab
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
- Hyphenation: hi‧jab
Noun
hijab (countable and uncountable, plural hijabs)
- (uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males.
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- The belief that Muslim females observe hijab because men force them to do so insults some Muslim females who have based their decision on their understanding of Islam.
- 2010, Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid, Veiled Voices →ISBN, page 13:
- (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
Related terms
Translations
practice of wearing a headscarf
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headscarf
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Further reading
References
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
hijab
- hijab (headscarf)
Declension
Inflection of hijab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hijab | hijabit | |
genitive | hijabin | hijabien | |
partitive | hijabia | hijabeja | |
illative | hijabiin | hijabeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hijab | hijabit | |
accusative | nom. | hijab | hijabit |
gen. | hijabin | ||
genitive | hijabin | hijabien | |
partitive | hijabia | hijabeja | |
inessive | hijabissa | hijabeissa | |
elative | hijabista | hijabeista | |
illative | hijabiin | hijabeihin | |
adessive | hijabilla | hijabeilla | |
ablative | hijabilta | hijabeilta | |
allative | hijabille | hijabeille | |
essive | hijabina | hijabeina | |
translative | hijabiksi | hijabeiksi | |
abessive | hijabitta | hijabeitta | |
instructive | — | hijabein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Pronunciation
Audio (CAN): (file)
Noun
hijab m (plural hijabs)
- Alternative spelling of hidjab
See also
Further reading
- “hijab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Noun
hijab m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Pronunciation
Noun
hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijaber, definite plural hijabene)
- a hijab
References
- “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Pronunciation
Noun
hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijabar, definite plural hijabane)
- a hijab
References
- “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Noun
hijab m (plural hijabs)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ح ج ب
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːb
- Rhymes:English/ɑːb/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Islam
- en:Headwear
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with J
- Italian masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑb
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Headwear
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/ɑb
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Headwear
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns