That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.
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Hijab
//hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb//
Synonyms for "hijab" (2 found)
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88 translations across 65 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hidjab noun (headscarf)
Albanian
4 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
- hixhab noun (headscarf)
- plah noun (headscarf)
- shami noun (headscarf)
Arabic
3 entries- اِحْتِجَاب noun (practice of wearing a headscarf)
- حِجَاب noun (headscarf)
- خِمَار noun (headscarf)
Armenian
1 entries- հիջաբ noun (headscarf)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hicab noun (headscarf)
Belarusian
1 entries- хіджа́б noun (headscarf)
Bengali
1 entries- হিজাব noun (headscarf)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хиджа́б noun (headscarf)
Burmese
1 entries- ဟေဂျားဘ် noun (headscarf)
Catalan
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Chechen
1 entries- хьижаб noun (headscarf)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 希賈布 /希贾布 noun (headscarf)
- 頭巾 /头巾 noun (headscarf)
Czech
1 entries- hidžáb noun (headscarf)
Danish
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Dutch
1 entries- hidjab noun (headscarf)
Esperanto
1 entries- hiĝabo noun (headscarf)
Estonian
1 entries- hidžaab noun (headscarf)
Finnish
2 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
- hijabin pitäminen noun (practice of wearing a headscarf)
French
1 entries- hidjab noun (headscarf)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰიჯაბი noun (headscarf)
German
3 entries- Hidschab noun (headscarf)
- Hijab noun (headscarf)
- Kopftuch noun (headscarf)
Greek
1 entries- χιτζάμπ noun (headscarf)
Hausa
2 entries- hijabi noun (practice of wearing a headscarf)
- hijabi noun (headscarf)
Hebrew
2 entries- חִגָ׳אבּ noun (headscarf)
- חיג׳אב noun (headscarf)
Hindi
1 entries- हिजाब noun (headscarf)
Hungarian
1 entries- hidzsáb noun (headscarf)
Icelandic
1 entries- hídjab noun (headscarf)
Indonesian
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- حِجاب noun (headscarf)
- روسَری noun (headscarf)
- لَچَک noun (headscarf)
Japanese
1 entries- ヒジャーブ noun (headscarf)
Kazakh
2 entries- хижаб noun (headscarf)
- хижап noun (headscarf)
Korean
1 entries- 히잡 noun (headscarf)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- хиджаб noun (headscarf)
Latin
1 entries- calautica noun (headscarf)
Latvian
1 entries- hidžābs noun (headscarf)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hidžabas noun (headscarf)
Macedonian
1 entries- хиџаб noun (headscarf)
Malay
2 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
- tudung noun (headscarf)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഹിജാബ് noun (headscarf)
Marathi
1 entries- हिजाब noun (headscarf)
Mongolian
1 entries- хижаб noun (headscarf)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hîcab noun (headscarf)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hidsjab noun (headscarf)
- hijab noun (headscarf)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hidsjab noun (headscarf)
- hijab noun (headscarf)
Pashto
1 entries- حجاب noun (headscarf)
Polish
2 entries- hidżab noun (practice of wearing a headscarf)
- hidżab noun (headscarf)
Portuguese
2 entries- hijabe noun (headscarf)
- véu islâmico noun (headscarf)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਹਿਜਾਬ noun (headscarf)
Romanian
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Russian
1 entries- хиджа́б noun (headscarf)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hidžab noun (headscarf)
- хиџаб noun (headscarf)
Slovak
1 entries- hidžáb noun (headscarf)
Slovene
1 entries- hidžab noun (headscarf)
Spanish
3 entries- hiyab noun (practice of wearing a headscarf)
- hiyab noun (headscarf)
- velo islámico noun (headscarf)
Swahili
1 entries- hijabu noun (headscarf)
Swedish
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳиҷоб noun (headscarf)
Tatar
1 entries- хиҗаб noun (headscarf)
Thai
1 entries- ฮิญาบ noun (headscarf)
Turkish
2 entries- tesettür noun (headscarf)
- çarşaf noun (headscarf)
Turkmen
1 entries- hijab noun (headscarf)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хіджа́б noun (headscarf)
Urdu
1 entries- حِجاب noun (headscarf)
Uyghur
1 entries- ھىجاب noun (headscarf)
Uzbek
1 entries- hijob noun (headscarf)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Mary never leaves the house without her hijab.
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Sami's daughter wore the hijab.
Source: tatoeba (6818711)
Sami's daughter stopped wearing the hijab.
Source: tatoeba (6818750)
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