different between hijab vs hajib

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)

English

Etymology

The court title derives from Arabic ????????? (al-??jib, “chamberlain”).

Use of the word to designate a headscarf derives from Arabic ??????? (??jib, “concealing, covering, eyebrow”), from ??????? (?ajaba, “to veil, to cover, to screen”) (whence also hijab).

Noun

hajib (plural hajibs)

1. (historical) An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.
   • 2008 (1955), Emile Tyan, X: Judicial Organization, Majid Khadduri, Herbert J. Liebesny (editors), Law in the Middle East, Volume 1: Origin and Development of Islamic Law, page 272:

     In the Mamliik empire, it is certain that the h?jib possessed judicial competence. […] In a first phase, the personality of the h?jib does not yet stand out from his administrative character and, naturally, his competence is still restricted to the surroundings to which he belongs. The h?jib is still the minister entrusted with the settlement of suits filed against the am?rs and the soldiers, and likewise litigations between soldiers, and especially disputes arising over the endowments and the fiefs which are granted to members of the army.

2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of hijab

Translations

See also

• hijab

Anagrams

• bhaji, hijab, hij?b