English edit

Etymology edit

hijab +‎ -er

Noun edit

hijaber (plural hijabers)

  1. (Indonesia) One who wears a hijab.
    • 2018, Saadia Zahidi, Fifty Million Rising:
      In 2007, after graduating with a degree in political science from the University of Indonesia, she was working for a market research company when her boss told her, “You are a hijaber, but you need to present yourself in a good way.”
    • 2019, Alessandra Lopez y Royo, Contemporary Indonesian Fashion: Through the Looking Glass, page 59:
      In 2014 Anniesa Hasibuan, who was not a hijaber until then, reinvented herself as a busana muslim designer, opening a luxurious store in Jakarta Kemang in 2015 and posting images of her extravagant lifestyle on social media, []

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Noun edit

hijaber m

  1. indefinite plural of hijab