تحجب

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Arabic

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Verb

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تَحَجَّبَ (taḥajjaba) V (non-past يَتَحَجَّبُ (yataḥajjabu), verbal noun تَحَجُّب (taḥajjub))

  1. to wear a veil, to wear a headscarf
    فِي بَعْضِ الثُّقُوبَات، النِّسَاوُ يَتَحَجَّبْنَ لِلْحَفَاظِ عَلَى الْخُصُوصِيَّةِ.
    fī baʕḍi ṯ-ṯuqūbāt, an-nisāwu yataḥajjabna lilḥafāẓi ʕalā l-ḵuṣūṣiyyati.
    In some cultures, women veil themselves to maintain privacy.

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