جلباب
Arabic
Etymology
From Ge'ez ግልባብ (gəlbab, “covering, veil, wrapper”) from ገልበበ (gälbäbä, “to cover, to veil, to wrap, to envelop”), whereas the verbs in the Arabic root ج ل ب ب (j-l-b-b) are denominal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒil.baːb/
Noun
جِلْبَاب • (jilbāb) m (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))
- a long, loose-fitting outer garment; a robe
- Synonyms: عَبَاءَة (ʿabāʾa), جُبَّة (jubba), قَفْطَان (qafṭān), (archaic) قَمِيص (qamīṣ), (archaic) لِحَاف (liḥāf), (archaic) مُلَاءَة (mulāʾa), (obsolete) إِزَار (ʾizār), (literary) رَيْطَة (rayṭa)
- (obsolete) a woman's long headcloth; a headscarf
- Synonyms: (modern) حِجَاب (ḥijāb), خِمَار (ḵimār), (obsolete) قِنَاع (qināʿ)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:59:
- يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ المُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلابِيبِهِنَّ ذٰلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
- yā ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul liʾazwājika wabanātika wanisāʾi l-muʾminīna yudnīna ʿalayhinna min jalābībihinna ḏālika ʾadnā ʾan yuʿrafna falā yuʾḏayna wakāna l-lahu ḡafūran raḥīman
- O Prophet! Tell your wives, your daughters, and the women of the believers to have hanging-down headscarves. Through this, it is more attainable for them to be recognized, for them not to be harmed. ʾAllāh is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Declension
Declension of noun جِلْبَاب (jilbāb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِلْبَاب jilbāb | الْجِلْبَاب al-jilbāb | جِلْبَاب jilbāb |
| Nominative | جِلْبَابٌ jilbābun | الْجِلْبَابُ al-jilbābu | جِلْبَابُ jilbābu |
| Accusative | جِلْبَابًا jilbāban | الْجِلْبَابَ al-jilbāba | جِلْبَابَ jilbāba |
| Genitive | جِلْبَابٍ jilbābin | الْجِلْبَابِ al-jilbābi | جِلْبَابِ jilbābi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جِلْبَابَيْن jilbābayn | الْجِلْبَابَيْن al-jilbābayn | جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Nominative | جِلْبَابَانِ jilbābāni | الْجِلْبَابَانِ al-jilbābāni | جِلْبَابَا jilbābā |
| Accusative | جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni | الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni | جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Genitive | جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni | الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni | جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَلَابِيب jalābīb | الْجَلَابِيب al-jalābīb | جَلَابِيب jalābīb |
| Nominative | جَلَابِيبُ jalābību | الْجَلَابِيبُ al-jalābību | جَلَابِيبُ jalābību |
| Accusative | جَلَابِيبَ jalābība | الْجَلَابِيبَ al-jalābība | جَلَابِيبَ jalābība |
| Genitive | جَلَابِيبَ jalābība | الْجَلَابِيبِ al-jalābībi | جَلَابِيبِ jalābībi |
Descendants
- → German: Dschilbab
- → English: jilbab
- → French: jilbab
- → Indonesian: jilbab
- → Persian: جلباب (jelbāb)
- → Russian: джильбаб (džilʹbab)
- → Spanish: yilbab, djilbab, jilbab
References
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 102
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53