hijab
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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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 | ||
instructive | — | hijabein | ||
abessive | hijabitta | hijabeitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (CAN) (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]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
hijab (n class, plural hijab)
- Alternative form of hijabu
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