khimar

/kɪˈmɑː(ɹ)/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Nor would universal healing arrive with the Sabbath candlesticks from Poland that had been in Rina Lubit’s family for five generations or with the khimar, a scarf to cover a Muslim woman’s face, that was handed down from Tayssir Abdullah’s great-grandmother in Yemen."

Borrowed from Arabic خِمَار (ḵimār).

khimars (plural)

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How do you pronounce khimar?

The recorded pronunciation is /kɪˈmɑː(ɹ)/.

What does khimar mean?

A long veil worn by Muslim women as part of hijab.

Where does khimar come from?

It is traced to Arabic.

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