Calling somone a hijabi/niqabi

[ammardiwan]

I wouldn't propose an alternative because as I said such terms recognise the sisters and actually give them respect because the hijab and niqab are about respecting women. so even if someone says it in a degrading attiutude its still respecting us.

What I meant was, is there any way to refer to a woman who wears hijab/niqab besides saying "hijabi/niqabi"

[Ifrah]

What I meant was, is there any way to refer to a woman who wears hijab/niqab besides saying "hijabi/niqabi"

my mistake then, i haven't heard of any one word. in our society u'll mostly say that she does parda or she wears hijab and so on. Hijabi and niqabi i'd say are recently developed slang words that ppl have started to use. Allahu Alam

[Ma'ruf]

Hijabi isn't really offensive, but it's better to say muhajiba.

[Abu Salma]

As-salamu alaykum,

Is it rude to call someone a hijabi/niqabi? I've heard many people use these terms before. I've also heard that one shouldn't use them...what's your take?

Wa 'alaykum us-salam,

I wouldn't consider it rude... I do have a comment though: Niqabi and Hijabi are MALE forms... it should be Niqabiyya and Hijabiyya shouldn't it?

A related question...maybe some of the Arab-speaking members can answer it...

In Arabic do you also use the terms "hijabi" and "niqabi" to label/describe a lady who covers with those pieces of cloth? Or are these decriptive nouns purely a Western Muslim invention?
It seems a lot of Western sisters have carved out an identity for themselves based on how they dress, whereas the same is not generally true for brothers i.e. it is hard to find a brother who describes himself, or who others describe as "beardy" or "lihyawi"

I have only heard the terms "muhajjaba" (someone wearing hijab) or "muhtashama" (someone who is covered/shy). Maybe there are other terms...