Arabic

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Root
ح ج ب (ḥ j b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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حِجَاب (ḥijābm (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

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: hicab
  • English: hijab
  • Ottoman Turkish: حجاب (hicab)
  • Persian: حجاب
  • Spanish: hiyab
  • Swahili: hijabu

References

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

Noun

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حُجَّاب (ḥujjābm pl

  1. plural of حَاجِب (ḥājib)

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hijāḇ
Dari reading? hijāb
Iranian reading? hejâb
Tajik reading? hijob
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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حجاب (hejâb)

  1. screen
  2. cover
  3. veil
  4. hijab
    خانم مینا حتی با حجاب سکسیست!Ms. Mina is sexy even in a hijab!
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Sindhi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حجاب (hijābum (Devanagari हिजाबु)

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