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^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53