Synonyms for hijab
hi·jab

Princeton's WordNet

1. hijabnoun

   a headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face

2. hijabnoun

   the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home

   "she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing"

Matched Categories

1. • Custom
   • Headscarf

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1. List of paraphrases for "hijab":

   veil, headscarf, scarf

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How to use hijab in a sentence?

1. Mirwais Afizi:

   Everyone respected her, she was very religious and never left her home without covering her face with a hijab, we never heard anything about her being mentally ill. She was about to graduate.

2. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

   I spoke to Mr. Hijab ... he will respond to de Mistura and Ban Ki-moon this morning, if I understand their position, they say yes to negotiations.

3. Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha:

   The minute our daughter moved in after her honeymoon, she just got married Dec. 27, the minute she moved in and he saw her wearing the hijab and her friends came to visit and her sister went to visit, he began to pick up arguments over everything, my daughter Yosur, the newlywed, told us two or three weeks ago that she felt that neighbor hated them for how they looked and who they were.

4. Doaa Elghobashy:

   The hijab is part of me, at the end of the day, it’s a sport and I ’m not a model. I ’m an athlete and people should focus more on my athleticism rather than my clothes.

5. Education Minister Torbjorn Roe Isaksen:

   I want a young Christian girl who wears a cross to be able to show it, i want a Jewish boy who wears a kippa to be able to show it. And I do not want a ban on the hijab.