Hijab vs Jilbab - What's the difference?
hijab | jilbab |
(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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A long, loose-fitting coat or similar garment worn by some Muslim women to fulfil hijab.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 3, author=Norimitsu Onishi, title=A Political Symbol, Demurely Worn, Emerges in Indonesia, work=New York Times
, passage=Most Indonesian women started wearing the jilbab in the last decade, after the fall in 1998 of President Suharto, who had kept a close grip on Islamic groups. }}
As nouns the difference between hijab and jilbab
is that hijab is the practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males while jilbab is a long, loose-fitting coat or similar garment worn by some Muslim women to fulfil hijab.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.
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jilbab
English
Alternative forms
* jilbaabNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia jilbab)citation