hijab

hijab

See also: Hijab and hijāb

English

Alternative forms

• hejab, hijaab, hijāb; hajib, hijabi (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb, “veil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/, /hɪˈd͡ʒæb/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: hi‧jab

Noun

hijab (countable and uncountable, plural hijabs)

1. (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.

2. (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

   Coordinate terms: niqab, sheila, burka

Related terms

• hijabi

Translations

practice of wearing a headscarf

Arabic: اِحْتِجَاب‎ (iḥtijāb) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hijabin pitäminen Hausa: hijabi Polish: hidżab (pl) m Spanish: hiyab (es) m

headscarf

Albanian: hijab m, plah f, hixhab, shami (sq) Arabic: حِجَاب‎ (ar) m (ḥijāb), خِمَار‎ m (ḵimār) Armenian: հիջաբ (hiǰab) Azerbaijani: hicab Belarusian: хіджа́б m (xidžáb) Bengali: হিজাব (hijabô) Bulgarian: хиджа́б m (hidžáb) Catalan: hijab (ca) m Chechen: хьижаб (ḥʳižab) Chinese: Mandarin: 頭巾／头巾 (zh) (tóujīn) Czech: hidžáb m Esperanto: hiĝabo Finnish: hijab (fi) French: hidjab (fr) m German: Hidschab (de) m, Hijab m Greek: χιτζάμπ (el) n (chitzámp) Hausa: hijabi Hebrew: חג׳אב‎ m (hijab) Hindi: हिजाब (hi) m (hijāb) Hungarian: hidzsáb (hu) Icelandic: hídjab Indonesian: hijab (id) Japanese: ヒジャーブ (hijābu) Kazakh: хижап (xijap), хижаб (xijab) Korean: 히잡 (ko) (hijap) Kyrgyz: хиджаб (hidjab) Latin: calautica f Lithuanian: hidžabas m Macedonian: хиџаб m (hidžab) Malay: hijab (ms) Malayalam: ഹിജാബ് (hijābŭ) Marathi: हिजाब m (hijāb) Norwegian: Bokmål: hijab m, hidsjab m Nynorsk: hijab m, hidsjab m Pashto: حجاب‎ (ps) m (heǰãb) Persian: حجاب‎ (fa) (hejâb), روسری‎ (fa) (rusari), لچک‎ (fa) (lačak) Polish: hidżab (pl) m Portuguese: hijab m Punjabi: ਹਿਜਾਬ (hijāb) Russian: хиджа́б (ru) m (xidžáb) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хиџаб m Roman: hidžab m Spanish: hiyab (es) m, velo islámico m Swahili: hijabu Tajik: ҳиҷоб (hijob) Tatar: хиҗаб (xicab) Thai: ฮิญาบ (hì-yàap) Turkish: tesettür (tr), çarşaf (tr) Turkmen: hijab Ukrainian: хіджа́б m (xidžáb) Urdu: حجاب‎ m (hijāb) Uyghur: ھىجاب‎ (hijab) Uzbek: hijob (uz)

References

1. “hijab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• hijab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hijab on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Anagrams

• bhaji, hajib

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Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhidʒɑb/, [ˈhidʒɑb]
• Syllabification^(key): hi‧jab

Noun

hijab

1. hijab (headscarf)

Declension

Inflection of hijab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	hijabein
abessive		hijabitta	hijabeitta
comitative		—	hijabeineen

Possessive forms of hijab (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hijabini	hijabimme
2nd person	hijabisi	hijabinne
3rd person	hijabinsa

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio (CAN)

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Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. Alternative spelling of hidjab

See also

• niqab
• burqa

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Noun

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijaber, definite plural hijabene)

1. a hijab

References

• “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪdʂɑb/, /hiːdʂɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

hijab m (definite singular hijaben, indefinite plural hijabar, definite plural hijabane)

1. a hijab

References

• “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. (countable) hijab (veil worn by Muslim women)

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

hijab (n class, plural hijab)

1. Alternative form of hijabu