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Hijab vs Tichel - What's the difference?

hijab | tichel |

As nouns the difference between hijab and tichel

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 tichel is a headscarf worn by married Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzeniut.

hijab

Alternative forms

* hejab * hijaab * * hajib, hijabi (nonstandard)

Noun

  • (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:
  • 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.
  • (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
  • Anagrams

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    References

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    tichel

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tichel) (en noun)
  • a headscarf worn by married Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzeniut.
  • See also

    * mitpachat ----