Where does “حجاب” come from?

حجاب (Arabic) comes from Arabic حَاجِب, from Arabic حَجَبَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.

حجاب (Arabic): screen, barrier; cover; curtain

Definitions

  1. screen, barrier; cover; curtain

Ancestry of “حجاب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَاجِبconcealing, covering, eyebrow; gatekeeper
2Arabicحَجَبَto conceal, to hide, to screen; to veil, to...
3ArabicجAbbreviation of جَمْع
Every word from Arabic ج →Every word from Arabic حَجَبَ →Every word from Arabic حَاجِب →