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Definition of jilbab noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jilbab

noun

/ˈdʒɪlbæb/

/ˈdʒɪlbæb/

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a full-length piece of clothing worn in public over other clothes by some Muslim womenTopics Clothes and Fashionc2, Religion and festivalsc2

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