حجاب

Arabic

Root
ح ج ب (ḥ j b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħi.d͡ʒaːb/
- (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ħi.ɡæːb/
- (Gulf) IPA^(key): /ħd͡ʒɑːb/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ħi.ʒaːb/
- (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /ħʒaːb/, /ħʒeːb/

Noun

حِجَاب • (ḥijāb) m (plural حُجُب (ḥujub) or أَحْجِبَة (ʔaḥjiba))

screen, barrier
Synonyms: حَاجِز (ḥājiz), بَرْزَخ (barzaḵ)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:51:
  وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ
  wa-mā kāna li-bašarin ʔan yukallimahu l-lahu ʔillā waḥyan ʔaw min warāʔi ḥijābin
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
cover
curtain
diaphragm (also اَلْحِجَاب الْحَاجِز (al-ḥijāb al-ḥājiz))
Synonym: حَزَاق (ḥazāq)
amulet
Synonym: تَمِيمَة (tamīma)
headscarf, hijab

Declension

Declension of noun **حِجَاب** (ḥijāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِجَاب ḥijāb	الْحِجَاب al-ḥijāb	حِجَاب ḥijāb
nominative	حِجَابٌ ḥijābun	الْحِجَابُ al-ḥijābu	حِجَابُ ḥijābu
accusative	حِجَابًا ḥijāban	الْحِجَابَ al-ḥijāba	حِجَابَ ḥijāba
genitive	حِجَابٍ ḥijābin	الْحِجَابِ al-ḥijābi	حِجَابِ ḥijābi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِجَابَيْن ḥijābayn	الْحِجَابَيْن al-ḥijābayn	حِجَابَيْ ḥijābay
nominative	حِجَابَانِ ḥijābāni	الْحِجَابَانِ al-ḥijābāni	حِجَابَا ḥijābā
accusative	حِجَابَيْنِ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ ḥijābay
genitive	حِجَابَيْنِ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ ḥijābay
plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُجُب‎; أَحْجِبَة ḥujub‎; ʔaḥjiba	الْحُجُب‎; الْأَحْجِبَة al-ḥujub‎; al-ʔaḥjiba	حُجُب‎; أَحْجِبَة ḥujub‎; ʔaḥjibat
nominative	حُجُبٌ‎; أَحْجِبَةٌ ḥujubun‎; ʔaḥjibatun	الْحُجُبُ‎; الْأَحْجِبَةُ al-ḥujubu‎; al-ʔaḥjibatu	حُجُبُ‎; أَحْجِبَةُ ḥujubu‎; ʔaḥjibatu
accusative	حُجُبًا‎; أَحْجِبَةً ḥujuban‎; ʔaḥjibatan	الْحُجُبَ‎; الْأَحْجِبَةَ al-ḥujuba‎; al-ʔaḥjibata	حُجُبَ‎; أَحْجِبَةَ ḥujuba‎; ʔaḥjibata
genitive	حُجُبٍ‎; أَحْجِبَةٍ ḥujubin‎; ʔaḥjibatin	الْحُجُبِ‎; الْأَحْجِبَةِ al-ḥujubi‎; al-ʔaḥjibati	حُجُبِ‎; أَحْجِبَةِ ḥujubi‎; ʔaḥjibati

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hicab
→ English: hijab
- → Portuguese: hijabe
→ Ottoman Turkish: حجاب (hicab)
- → Turkish: hicap
→ Persian: حجاب
→ Spanish: hiyab
→ Swahili: hijabu

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “حجاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

حُجَّاب • (ḥujjāb) m pl

plural of حَاجِب (ḥājib)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħʒaːb/
(Imāla) IPA^(key): /ħʒeːb/, [ħʒɛːb]

Noun

حجاب • (ḥjāb) m

(Islam) hijab (headscarf worn by women)
Synonym: إيشارب (ʔešarp)

Persian

Alternative forms

حجیب (hejêb) (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hi.ˈd͡ʒaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.d͡ʒɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.d͡ʒɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.d͡ʒɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hijāb
Dari reading^?	hijāb
Iranian reading^?	hejâb
Tajik reading^?	hijob

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

حجاب • (hejâb)

screen
cover
veil
hijab
hejâb mas'ale-ye mohemm-e kešvar ast
Hijab is an important issue for the country

Related terms

باحجاب (bâ-hejâb)
بدحجاب (bad-hejâb)
بی‌حجاب (bi-hejâb)
حجابی (hejâbi)
حجاب حاجز (hejâb-e hâjez, “diaphragm”)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian (hijāb), from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɦɪɟɑːbʊ]

Noun

حجاب • (hijābu) m (Devanagari हिजाबु)

Related terms

حجاب حاجز (hejâb-e hâjez)