Etymograph

English

khimar

Khimar comes from Arabic خِمَار ‘veil, covering, headcloth’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentخِمَارḵimār‘veil, covering, headcloth’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009khimar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentخِمَارḵimār‘veil, covering, headcloth’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009khimar

Earliest quotation: 2009, Clyde Haberman, Interfaith Understanding Wins Out, and a Plot Loses: “Nor would universal healing arrive with the Sabbath candlesticks…”

Every English word from Arabic خِمَار

Today it means

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

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Etymograph / Arabic خِمَار / khimar

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