niqab

noun

ni·​qab ni-ˈkäb 

variants or less commonly niqaab

: a veil for covering the hair and face except for the eyes that is worn by some Muslim women

Examples of niqab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Women in black abayas with niqabs covering their faces worked as volunteers, pointing fans towards the tight security at the stadium entrance. —James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025

Anyone who’s interested can see some of her past projects on her own web site, for example, a set of niqabs meant to alter the dynamics of gaze, all with considerable technological ballast. —John Werner, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

Many devout Muslim women cover their faces with a niqab or burqa. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025

Women gather together, all fully covered in the Islamic niqab, as hundreds of young children from strikingly diverse ethnic backgrounds wander through the squalor. —Richard Engel, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Arabic niqāb

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for niqab

• kebab
• nawab
• blob
• bob
• cob
• daub
• fob
• glob
• gob
• hob
• job
• knob