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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /xiˈʝab/ , /iˈʝab/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xiˈʃab/ , /iˈʃab/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xiˈʒab/ , /iˈʒab/
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: hi‧yab
Noun
hiyab m (plural hiyabs)
- hijab
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