hijab

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

From Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb, “veil”).

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈdʒɑːb/, /hɪˈdʒæb/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: hi‧jab

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 1450053025, 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.

• (headscarf): niqab, sheila/shayla

• hijabi

• bhaji, hajib

hijab

1. hijab (headscarf)

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. Alternative spelling of hidjab

• niqab
• burqa

• “hijab” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

• hidsjab

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

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

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

1. a hijab

• “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• hidsjab

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

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

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

1. a hijab

• “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

hijab m (plural hijabs)

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