Khimar

/kɪˈmɑː(ɹ)/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A long veil worn by Muslim women as part of hijab.

    "Nor would universal healing arrive with the Sabbath candlesticks from Poland that had been in Rina Lubit’s family for five generations or with the khimar, a scarf to cover a Muslim woman’s face, that was handed down from Tayssir Abdullah’s great-grandmother in Yemen."

  2. 2
    a headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist wordnet

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head coveringheadscarfveil

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"There are people against the wearing of female Muslim attire, that is to say, it does not matter if one of them wears a niqab, khimar, amira or chaila, they think it's wrong anyway."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِمَار (ḵimār).

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