hijabi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːbi

Etymology 1

From hijab +‎ -i.

Noun

hijabi (plural hijabis)

1. A person, usually a woman, who wears a hijab.
   • 2008, Saba Alvi, An Analysis of how Hijabi Youth Experience Social Activities in Ottawa Secondary Schools, →ISBN:

     The findings and implications of this study have been categorized into themes in order to illustrate the essence of how hijabi youth experience social activities in Ottawa secondary schools.

   • 2011, Farheen Khan, From Behind the Veil: A Hijabi's Journey to Happiness, →ISBN:
   • 2014, Nitin Agarwal, Online Collective Action, →ISBN, page 219:

     […] state that their motivation for blogging is to promote Islamic-appropriate dress, modest fashion options, and pride in the American hijabi identity. They blog to share ideas about designing couture that is both fashionable and modest, […]

   • 2014, Shabana Mir, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life, →ISBN:

     Almost all hijabis I encountered—except Intisar, Elizabeth, Sharmila, and Muna—were chic hijabis typically garbed in attractive, elegant, yet modest ensembles.

Translations

person who wears a hijab

• Arabic: مُحَجَّبَة f (muḥajjaba)
• Chinese:

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• Danish: hijab-klædt kvinde
• Finnish: hijab-päinen nainen
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• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: başörtülü, kapalı, mütesettir, türbanlı

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hausa hijabi, from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Noun

hijabi (plural hijabis)

1. (chiefly in a West African context) Alternative form of hijab.
   • 1999, Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa, →ISBN, page 239:

     Unlike sheer veils that hug shoulders suggestively and espouse their wearer's movements gracefully, the stiff brocade of the hijabi hides a woman's upper torso so completely as to render impossible the definition of her body contours.

   • 2009, Adeline Masquelier, Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town, →ISBN, page 228:

     As an example of the way dress functions as “public display” (LeBlanc 2000:448), the hijabi is worn when going out— whether on top of one's “good clothes” or over one's everyday faded clothes. One would not wear a hijabi to attend a […]

   • 2013, African Dress: Fashion, Agency, Performance, →ISBN, page 97:

     […] if I waited for it to dry I would be wasting my time. So I asked if there was anyone in the house who had a hijabi. There was not one, except a […]

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hì.(d)ʒáː.bìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hɪ̀.d͡ʒáː.bìː]

Noun

hìjābī̀ m (possessed form hìjābìn)

1. hijab (custom of wearing a veil)
2. hijab (veil)