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hijaber

hijaber noun: one who wears a hijab.

Noun

hijaber (plural hijabers)

  1. (Indonesia) One who wears a hijab.
    • In 2007, after graduating with a degree in political science from the University of Indonesia, she was working for a market research company when her boss told her, “You are a hijaber, but you need to present yourself in a good way.”2018, Saadia Zahidi, Fifty Million Rising
    • In 2014 Anniesa Hasibuan, who was not a hijaber until then, reinvented herself as a busana muslim designer, opening a luxurious store in Jakarta Kemang in 2015 and posting images of her extravagant lifestyle on social media, […]2019, Alessandra Lopez y Royo, Contemporary Indonesian Fashion: Through the Looking Glass, page 59

Forms of hijaber

pluralhijabers

Origin of hijaber

From hijab + -er.

Questions about hijaber

What does hijaber mean?
Hijaber means one who wears a hijab.
What part of speech is hijaber?
Hijaber is a noun.
What is the plural of hijaber?
The plural of hijaber is hijabers.

Words near hijaber in the dictionary

  1. Hiiumaa
  2. hijaab
  3. hijaabs
  4. hijab
  5. hijabed
  6. hijaber
  7. hijabers
  8. hijabi
  9. hijabifies
  10. hijabify
  11. hijabis

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