جلباب
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Arabic
Etymology
From Ge'ez ግልባብ (gəlbab, “covering, veil, wrapper”) from ገልበበ (gälbäbä, “to cover, to veil, to wrap, to envelop”), whereas the verbs in the Arabic root ج ل ب ب (j-l-b-b) are denominal.
Pronunciation
Noun
جِلْبَاب • (jilbāb) m (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))
- a long, loose-fitting outer garment; a robe
- (obsolete) a woman's long headcloth; a headscarf
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:59:
- يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ المُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلابِيبِهِنَّ ذٰلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
- yā ʔayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul liʔazwājika wabanātika wanisāʔi l-muʔminīna yudnīna ʕalayhinna min jalābībihinna ḏālika ʔadnā ʔan yuʕrafna falā yuʔḏayna wakāna l-lahu ḡafūran raḥīman
- O Prophet! Tell your wives, your daughters, and the women of the believers to have hanging-down headscarves. Through this, it is more attainable for them to be recognized, for them not to be harmed. ʾAllāh is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Declension
Declension of noun جِلْبَاب (jilbāb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِلْبَاب jilbāb |
الْجِلْبَاب al-jilbāb |
جِلْبَاب jilbāb |
| Nominative | جِلْبَابٌ jilbābun |
الْجِلْبَابُ al-jilbābu |
جِلْبَابُ jilbābu |
| Accusative | جِلْبَابًا jilbāban |
الْجِلْبَابَ al-jilbāba |
جِلْبَابَ jilbāba |
| Genitive | جِلْبَابٍ jilbābin |
الْجِلْبَابِ al-jilbābi |
جِلْبَابِ jilbābi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جِلْبَابَيْن jilbābayn |
الْجِلْبَابَيْن al-jilbābayn |
جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Nominative | جِلْبَابَانِ jilbābāni |
الْجِلْبَابَانِ al-jilbābāni |
جِلْبَابَا jilbābā |
| Accusative | جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni |
الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni |
جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Genitive | جِلْبَابَيْنِ jilbābayni |
الْجِلْبَابَيْنِ al-jilbābayni |
جِلْبَابَيْ jilbābay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَلَابِيب jalābīb |
الْجَلَابِيب al-jalābīb |
جَلَابِيب jalābīb |
| Nominative | جَلَابِيبُ jalābību |
الْجَلَابِيبُ al-jalābību |
جَلَابِيبُ jalābību |
| Accusative | جَلَابِيبَ jalābība |
الْجَلَابِيبَ al-jalābība |
جَلَابِيبَ jalābība |
| Genitive | جَلَابِيبَ jalābība |
الْجَلَابِيبِ al-jalābībi |
جَلَابِيبِ jalābībi |
Descendants
- → German: Dschilbab
- → English: jilbab
- → French: jilbab
- → Indonesian: jilbab
- → Japanese: ジルバーブ
- → Persian: جلباب (jelbâb)
- → Portuguese: algibebe
- → Russian: джильбаб (džilʹbab)
- → Spanish: yilbab, djilbab, jilbab
References
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 102
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53