hijab
English edit
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 (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
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hijáb (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜊ᜔)
- hijab (headscarf)