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hijabi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/

Etymology

From hijab + -i.

Meanings

1. A person, usually a Muslim woman, who wears a hijab.
   • Almost all hijabis I encountered—except Intisar, Elizabeth, Sharmila, and Muna—were chic hijabis typically garbed in attractive, elegant, yet modest ensembles. 2014, Shabana Mir, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life, →ISBN:
   • The findings and implications of this study have been categorized into themes in order to illustrate the essence of how hijabi youth experience social activities in Ottawa secondary schools. 2008, Saba Alvi, An Analysis of how Hijabi Youth Experience Social Activities in Ottawa Secondary Schools, →ISBN:
   • […] state that their motivation for blogging is to promote Islamic-appropriate dress, modest fashion options, and pride in the American hijabi identity. They blog to share ideas about designing couture that is both fashionable and modest, […] 2014, Nitin Agarwal, Online Collective Action, →ISBN, page 219:

Forms

Coordinates

niqabi

Deriveds

hoejabi

Synonyms

hijab-wearer

Translations (10)

da hijab-klædt kvinde (person who wears a hijab) · fr hidjabée (person who wears a hijab) · ar مُحَجَّبَة (person who wears a hijab) · cmn 戴希賈布的人 /戴希贾布的人 (person who wears a hijab) · fi hijab-päinen nainen (person who wears a hijab) · fa-ira مُحَجَّبِه (person who wears a hijab) · prs مُحَجَّبَه (person who wears a hijab) · fr porteuse de hidjab (person who wears a hijab) · fr porteuses de hidjabs (person who wears a hijab) · ar مُتَحَجِّبَة (person who wears a hijab)

hijabi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa hijabi, from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, in a West African context) Alternative form of hijab.
   alt of hijab
   • As an example of the way dress functions as “public display” (LeBlanc 2000:448), the hijabi is worn when going out— whether on top of one's “good clothes” or over one's everyday faded clothes. One would not wear a hijabi to attend a […] 2009, Adeline Masquelier, Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town, →ISBN, page 228:
   • Unlike sheer veils that hug shoulders suggestively and espouse their wearer's movements gracefully, the stiff brocade of the hijabi hides a woman's upper torso so completely as to render impossible the definition of her body contours. 1999, Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa, →ISBN, page 239:
   • […] if I waited for it to dry I would be wasting my time. So I asked if there was anyone in the house who had a hijabi. There was not one, except a […] 2013, African Dress: Fashion, Agency, Performance, →ISBN, page 97:

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