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

The Italian government on Thursday approved rules capping the number of students without Italian citizenship in each classroom at 30%, as well as banning burqas and niqabs. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

Meloni also announced plans to prohibit face-covering garments, specifically mentioning the burqas and niqabs worn by some women and girls, in schools. — Elena Giuliano, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is preparing legislation to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and impose limits on foreign students per classroom. — Maria Grazia Murru, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

And while museums are bursting at the seams with paintings of naked women, real women are thrown out of museums for wearing too little (a low-cut dress) or too much (a niqab). — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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