There are different types of niqab, some of which cover the entire face.
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Niqab
//nɪˈkɑːb//
Synonyms for "niqab" (4 found)
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Translations
38 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nikab noun (veil which covers the face)
Arabic
1 entries- نِقَاب noun (veil which covers the face)
Armenian
1 entries- նիկաբ noun (veil which covers the face)
Czech
1 entries- nikáb noun (veil which covers the face)
Danish
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Esperanto
1 entries- nikabo noun (veil which covers the face)
Finnish
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
French
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Georgian
1 entries- ნიქაბი noun (veil which covers the face)
German
1 entries- Niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Hebrew
1 entries- רְעָלָה noun (veil which covers the face)
Hindi
4 entries- नक़ाब noun (veil which covers the face)
- नकाब noun (veil which covers the face)
- निक़ाब noun (veil which covers the face)
- निकाब noun (veil which covers the face)
Japanese
1 entries- ニカーブ noun (veil which covers the face)
Kazakh
1 entries- ниқаб noun (veil which covers the face)
Korean
1 entries- 니캅 noun (veil which covers the face)
Malay
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پرده noun (veil which covers the face)
- یاشمق noun (veil which covers the face)
Pashto
1 entries- نقاب noun (veil which covers the face)
Persian
2 entries- روبنده noun (veil which covers the face)
- نقاب noun (veil which covers the face)
Polish
1 entries- nikab noun (veil which covers the face)
Portuguese
2 entries- nicabe noun (veil which covers the face)
- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Romanian
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Russian
1 entries- ника́б noun (veil which covers the face)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nikab noun (veil which covers the face)
- никаб noun (veil which covers the face)
Spanish
1 entries- niqab noun (veil which covers the face)
Tajik
1 entries- ниқоб noun (veil which covers the face)
Turkish
2 entries- peçe noun (veil which covers the face)
- yaşmak noun (veil which covers the face)
Urdu
1 entries- نقاب noun (veil which covers the face)
Uyghur
1 entries- نىقاب noun (veil which covers the face)
Uzbek
1 entries- niqob noun (veil which covers the face)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
From today on, I'm going to wear a niqab.
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Albanian women wear Niqab when they go outside.
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Albanian women wear loose Niqab.
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