hiyab

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /xiˈʝab/ [xiˈʝaβ̞], /iˈʝab/ [iˈʝaβ̞] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /xiˈʃab/ [xiˈʃaβ̞], /iˈʃab/ [iˈʃaβ̞] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /xiˈʒab/ [xiˈʒaβ̞], /iˈʒab/ [iˈʒaβ̞] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ab
  • Syllabification: hi‧yab

Noun

hiyab m (plural hiyabs)

  1. hijab

Further reading

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