hijabi
Noun

hijabi (plural hijabis)

  1. A person, usually a woman, who wears a hijab.
    • 2008, Saba Alvi, An Analysis of how Hijabi Youth Experience Social Activities in Ottawa Secondary Schools ISBN 0494485868
      The findings and implications of this study have been categorized into themes in order to illustrate the essence of how hijabi youth experience social activities in Ottawa secondary schools.
    • 2011, Farheen Khan, From Behind the Veil: A Hijabi's Journey to Happiness ISBN 1596597100
Noun

hijabi (plural hijabis)

  1. (chiefly, in a West African context) Alternative form of hijab.
    • 1999, Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa ISBN 0226114139, page 239:
      Unlike sheer veils that hug shoulders suggestively and espouse their wearer's movements gracefully, the stiff brocade of the hijabi hides a woman's upper torso so completely as to render impossible the definition of her body contours.
    • 2013, African Dress: Fashion, Agency, Performance ISBN 0857858203, page 97:
      […] if I waited for it to dry I would be wasting my time. So I asked if there was anyone in the house who had a hijabi. There was not one, except a […]



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