Hijab Definition

hĭ-jäb
noun
A head covering traditionally worn in public by Muslim women.
Webster's New World
The veiling of women in some Islamic societies, customarily practiced in order to maintain standards of modesty.
American Heritage

(countable) The hajib headscarf.

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Other Word Forms of Hijab

Noun

Singular:
hijab
Plural:
hijabs

Origin of Hijab

  • Arabic ḥijāb cover, curtain, veil from ḥajaba to cover ḥgb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Arabic حجب (ħájaba, “to veil, to cover, to screen").

    From Wiktionary

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