different between babushka vs hijab

English

Alternative forms

• babooshka, baboushka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???????? (bábuška, “grandmother, granny”), diminutive of ????? (bába, “old woman”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??bu??.k?/

Noun

babushka (plural babushkas)

1. An old woman.
   1. A stereotypical Eastern European peasant grandmother type figure
2. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:

     The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].

3. Russian doll, matryoshka

Translations

Usage notes

• Note that the Russian term ???????? (bábuška, “grandmother, granny; old woman”) doesn't have the sense "Russian doll, matryoshka" or "woman’s headscarf".

English

Alternative forms

• hejab, hijaab, hij?b; hajib, hijabi (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?ij?b, “veil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??d???b/, /h??d?æb/
• Rhymes: -??b
• 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

Further reading

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

References

Anagrams

• bhaji, hajib

Finnish

Noun

hijab

1. hijab (headscarf)

Declension

French

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

1. Alternative spelling of hidjab

See also

• niqab
• burqa

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ij?b).

Noun

hijab m (invariable)

1. hijab

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ij?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d??b/, /hi?d??b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

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

1. a hijab

References

• “hijab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hidsjab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ij?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d??b/, /hi?d??b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

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

1. a hijab

References

• “hijab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?ij?b).

Noun

hijab m (plural hijabs)

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