Headscarf vs Hijab - What's the difference?
headscarf | hijab |
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
(uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males.
* 2010 , Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid, Veiled Voices (ISBN 1450053025), page 13:
(countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
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As nouns the difference between headscarf and hijab
is that headscarf is a more or less square piece of material worn over the head by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons while hijab is the practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males.headscarf
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Alternative forms
* head scarfNoun
(headscarves)External links
* (wikipedia "headscarf")hijab
Alternative forms
* hejab * hijaab * * hajib, hijabi (nonstandard)Noun
- The belief that Muslim females observe hijab because men force them to do so insults some Muslim females who have based their decision on their understanding of Islam.