حجاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ج ب‎ (ḥ-j-b).

Pronunciation

Standard Arabic: IPA^(key): /ħi.dʒaːb/
Egyptian Arabic: IPA^(key): /ħɪ.ɡæːb/
Levantine Arabic: IPA^(key): /ħɪ.ʒæːb/

Noun

حِجَاب • (ḥijāb) m (plural حُجُب‎ (ḥujub) or أَحْجِبَة‎ (ʾaḥjiba))

Declension

Declension of noun حِجَاب (ḥijāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِجَاب ḥijāb	الْحِجَاب‎ al-ḥijāb	حِجَاب ḥijāb
Nominative	حِجَابٌ ḥijābun	الْحِجَابُ‎ al-ḥijābu	حِجَابُ ḥijābu
Accusative	حِجَابًا‎ ḥijāban	الْحِجَابَ‎ al-ḥijāba	حِجَابَ ḥijāba
Genitive	حِجَابٍ ḥijābin	الْحِجَابِ‎ al-ḥijābi	حِجَابِ ḥijābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِجَابَيْن‎ ḥijābayn	الْحِجَابَيْن‎ al-ḥijābayn	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Nominative	حِجَابَانِ‎ ḥijābāni	الْحِجَابَانِ‎ al-ḥijābāni	حِجَابَا‎ ḥijābā
Accusative	حِجَابَيْنِ‎ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Genitive	حِجَابَيْنِ‎ ḥijābayni	الْحِجَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḥijābayni	حِجَابَيْ‎ ḥijābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُجُب‎‎; أَحْجِبَة‎ ḥujub‎; ʾaḥjiba	الْحُجُب‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَة‎ al-ḥujub‎; al-ʾaḥjiba	حُجُب‎‎; أَحْجِبَة‎ ḥujub‎; ʾaḥjibat
Nominative	حُجُبٌ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةٌ‎ ḥujubun‎; ʾaḥjibatun	الْحُجُبُ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةُ‎ al-ḥujubu‎; al-ʾaḥjibatu	حُجُبُ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةُ‎ ḥujubu‎; ʾaḥjibatu
Accusative	حُجُبًا‎‎; أَحْجِبَةً‎ ḥujuban‎; ʾaḥjibatan	الْحُجُبَ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةَ‎ al-ḥujuba‎; al-ʾaḥjibata	حُجُبَ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةَ‎ ḥujuba‎; ʾaḥjibata
Genitive	حُجُبٍ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةٍ‎ ḥujubin‎; ʾaḥjibatin	الْحُجُبِ‎‎; الْأَحْجِبَةِ‎ al-ḥujubi‎; al-ʾaḥjibati	حُجُبِ‎‎; أَحْجِبَةِ‎ ḥujubi‎; ʾaḥjibati

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “حجاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

حُجَّاب • (ḥujjāb) m pl

plural of حَاجِب‎ (ḥājib)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

Noun

حجاب • (hejâb)

Related terms

حجابی‎ (hejâbi)
بدحجابی‎ (bad hejâbi)
حجاب حاجز‎ (hejâb-e hâjez)

Sindhi

Noun

حجاب (hejâb-u)

Related terms

حجاب حاجز‎ (hejâb-e hâjez)

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