جلباب

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
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒil.baːb/

Noun

جِلْبَاب • (jilbāb) m (plural جَلَابِيب (jalābīb))

  1. a long, loose-fitting outer garment; a robe
    Synonyms: عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa), جُبَّة (jubba), قَفْطَان (qafṭān), (archaic) قَمِيص (qamīṣ), (archaic) لِحَاف (liḥāf), (archaic) مُلَاءَة (mulāʔa), (obsolete) إِزَار (ʔizār), (literary) رَيْطَة (rayṭa)
  2. (obsolete) a woman's long headcloth; a headscarf
    Synonyms: (modern) حِجَاب (ḥijāb), خِمَار (ḵimār), (obsolete) قِنَاع (qināʕ)
    • 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
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