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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hijab_Niqab_Muslim_Veil.jpg/220px-Hijab_Niqab_Muslim_Veil.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/, /hɪˈd͡ʒæb/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
- Hyphenation: hi‧jab
Noun
[edit]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.
- 2010, Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid, Veiled Voices, →ISBN, page 13:
- 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.
- (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: hijabe
Translations
[edit]practice of wearing a headscarf
headscarf
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References
[edit]- ^ “hijab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hijab
- hijab (headscarf)
Declension
[edit]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. |
Further reading
[edit]- “hijab”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /i.ʒab/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Noun
[edit]hijab m (plural hijabs)
- Alternative spelling of hidjab
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hijab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Noun
[edit]hijab m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijaber, definite plural hijabene)
- a hijab
References
[edit]- “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijabar, definite plural hijabane)
- a hijab
References
[edit]- “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English hijab.
Noun
[edit]hijab m (plural hijabs)
- Alternative form of hijabe
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hijab (n class, plural hijab)
- Alternative form of hijabu
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈd͡ʒab/ [hɪˈd͡ʒab̚]
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: hi‧jab
Noun
[edit]hijáb (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜊ᜔)
- hijab (headscarf)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ح ج ب
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːb
- Rhymes:English/ɑːb/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Islam
- English terms with quotations
- en:Headwear
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with J
- Italian masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑb
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Headwear
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Arabic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
- 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 English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Arabic
- Tagalog unadapted borrowings from Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from the Arabic root ح ج ب
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ab
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ab/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with J
- tl:Islam
- tl:Headwear