hijabi
Noun
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Noun
hijabi (plural hijabis)
- 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
- 2008, Saba Alvi, An Analysis of how Hijabi Youth Experience Social Activities in Ottawa Secondary Schools ISBN 0494485868
hijabi (plural hijabis)
- (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 […]
- 1999, Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa ISBN 0226114139, page 239:
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