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 garment, a robe, jilbab
- 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 to your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to adjust their jilbabs. It is most fitting for them to know that (by doing that) they will not be harmed. And Allah is forgiving and merciful

Declension

Declension of noun جِلْبَاب (jilbāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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

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