"niqab" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɪˈkɑːb/, /nɪˈkæb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-niqab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: niqabs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːb, -æb Etymology: From Arabic نِقَاب (niqāb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|نِقَاب}} Arabic نِقَاب (niqāb), {{root|en|ar|ن ق ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} niqab (plural niqabs)
  1. A veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab. Categories (topical): Headwear Synonyms: yashmak, nikab, niqaab, niqāb Translations (veil which covers the face): nikab [masculine] (Albanian), نِقَاب (niqāb) [masculine] (Arabic), նիկաբ (nikab) (Armenian), nikáb [masculine] (Czech), niqab (Danish), nikabo (Esperanto), niqab (Finnish), niqab [masculine] (French), ნიქაბი (nikabi) (Georgian), Niqab [masculine] (German), רְעָלָה (r'alá) [feminine] (Hebrew), नक़ाब (naqāb) [masculine] (Hindi), निक़ाब (niqāb) [masculine] (Hindi), नकाब (nakāb) [masculine] (Hindi), निकाब (nikāb) [masculine] (Hindi), ニカーブ (nikābu) (Japanese), ниқаб (niqab) (Kazakh), 니캅 (nikap) (Korean), niqab (Malay), یاشمق (yaşmak) (Ottoman Turkish), پرده (perde) (Ottoman Turkish), نقاب (neqãb) [masculine] (Pashto), نقاب (neqâb) (Persian), روبنده (rubande) (Persian), nikab [masculine] (Polish), niqab [masculine] (Portuguese), niqab [neuter] (Romanian), ника́б (nikáb) [masculine] (Russian), никаб [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nikab [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), niqab [masculine] (Spanish), ниқоб (niqob) (Tajik), peçe (Turkish), yaşmak (Turkish), نقاب (niqāb) [masculine] (Urdu), نىقاب (niqab) (Uyghur), niqob (Uzbek)

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      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "niqāb",
      "sense": "veil which covers the face",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نقاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "niqab",
      "sense": "veil which covers the face",
      "word": "نىقاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "veil which covers the face",
      "word": "niqob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "niqab"
}

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