Hijab vs Scarf - What's the difference?
hijab | scarf |
(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, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 A headscarf.
(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
* 1599-1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), Act 5, Scene 2:
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
A type of joint in woodworking.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
To shape by grinding.
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
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English nouns with irregular plurals
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As nouns the difference between hijab and scarf
is that hijab is (uncountable|islam) the practice, among muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related adult males while scarf is a long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck or scarf can be a type of joint in woodworking or scarf can be (scotland) a cormorant.As a verb scarf is
to throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf or scarf can be to shape by grinding or scarf can be (transitive|us|slang) to eat very quickly.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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scarf
English
(wikipedia scarf)Etymology 1
Probably from . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scarf?s=t. The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
Verb
(en verb)- My sea-gown scarfed about me.
