hijab

plural hijabs · alternative nonstandard hejab · alternative nonstandard hijaab · alternative nonstandard hajib · alternative nonstandard hijabi

1. countableA traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

   “When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “

   2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021

2. uncountableIslamThe practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.

   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.

   2010, Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid, Veiled Voices, →ISBN, page 13