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Niqab, jilbāb, khimār, hijab — what the terms mean

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Niqab, jilbāb, khimār, hijab — what the terms mean

They are not synonyms and they are not interchangeable. Niqab is made for the face, khimār for the head, jilbāb for the body — and hijab, the term most people reach for today, later came to cover all three. The early record shows jilbāb worn over the face, and casts doubt — without settling it — on whether khimār was too.

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