Definition of "hejab" [hejab]

• Alternative spelling of hijab. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "As the months have passed since the U.S.-led invasion, fewer women are daring to venture out without wearing a traditional Muslim head scarf, called a hejab in Arabic."
• "After 35, the Iranian government is still struggling to institutionalize the notion of hejab in society."
• "But today, many Muslim women in Egypt wear a head scarf called the hejab, and in more extreme cases they cover their entire faces."