hijab
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- hijab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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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
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 (uncountable)
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 s)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- Rhymes:English/ɑːb
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Islam
- en:Headwear
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- 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 uncountable 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 Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns