हिजाब

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian حِجَاب (hijāb), from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb), from the root ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɪ.d͡ʒɑːb/, [ɦɪ.d͡ʒäːb]

Noun[edit]

हिजाब • (hijāb) m (Urdu spelling حجاب)

  1. a hijab
  2. a veil, curtain
  3. (figurative) concealment, modesty, bashfulness, shame

Declension[edit]

Declension of हिजाब (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हिजाब
hijāb 		हिजाब
hijāb
oblique हिजाब
hijāb 		हिजाबों
hijābõ
vocative हिजाब
hijāb 		हिजाबो
hijābo

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “حجاب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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