niqab

See also: niqāb

English

Alternative forms

• nikab, niqaab, niqāb

Etymology

From Arabic نِقَاب (niqāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈkɑːb/, /nɪˈkæb/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb, -æb

Noun

niqab (plural niqabs)

1. A veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.

   Synonym: yashmak

   Coordinate terms: sheila, hijab, burka

Translations

veil which covers the face

• Albanian: nikab m
• Arabic: نِقَاب m (niqāb)
• Armenian: նիկաբ (nikab)
• Czech: nikáb (cs) m
• Danish: niqab
• Esperanto: nikabo
• Finnish: niqab (fi)
• French: niqab (fr) m
• Georgian: ნიქაბი (nikabi)
• German: Niqab (de) m
• Hebrew: רְעָלָה (he) f (r'alá)
• Hindi: नक़ाब m (naqāb), निक़ाब m (niqāb), नकाब (hi) m (nakāb), निकाब (hi) m (nikāb)
• Japanese: ニカーブ (nikābu)
• Kazakh: ниқаб (niqab)
• Korean: 니캅 (nikap)
• Malay: niqab
• Ottoman Turkish: یاشمق (yaşmak), پرده (perde)
• Pashto: نقاب (ps) m (neqãb)
• Persian: نقاب (fa) (neqâb), روبنده (fa) (rubande)
• Polish: nikab (pl) m
• Portuguese: niqab (pt) m
• Romanian: niqab n
• Russian: ника́б (ru) m (nikáb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: никаб m

  Roman: nikab m

• Spanish: niqab m
• Tajik: ниқоб (tg) (niqob)
• Turkish: peçe (tr), yaşmak (tr)
• Urdu: نقاب m (niqāb)
• Uyghur: نىقاب (niqab)
• Uzbek: niqob (uz)

Further reading

• niqab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• naqib

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.kab/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

niqab f (plural niqabs)

1. a niqab

See also

• burqa
• hijab

Further reading

• “niqab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

niqab m (plural niqabs)

1. niqab; yashmak (face-covering veil worn by Muslim women)

Spanish

Noun

niqab m (plural niqabs)

1. niqab

Swedish

Noun

niqab c

1. a niqab

Declension

Declension of niqab
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	niqab	niqaben	niqaber	niqaberna
Genitive	niqabs	niqabens	niqabers	niqabernas

See also

• ansiktsmask
• burka
• niqabförbud
• rånarluva
• sjal
• slöja