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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حجاب (ḥicāb, “a thing that intervenes, a screen, curtain, partition, an obstacle; a veiling, covering, conceiling or protecting, a feeling ashamed”),[1][2] from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “screen, barrier, cover, headscarf, hijab”), verbal noun of حَجَبَ (ḥajaba, “to intervene, to veil, to hide, to conceal”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈcaːp/
- Hyphenation: hi‧cap
Noun
hicap (definite accusative hicabı, plural hicaplar)
- (dated) An act of being ashamed, shame.
- Synonyms: utanç, utanma
- (dated) A curtain, cover.
- Synonym: perde
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حجاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 764
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حجاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 497
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hicap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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