بدحجاب

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From بد (bad, bad) +‎ حجاب (hejâb, hijab).

Adjective[edit]

بدحجاب (bad-hejâb) (comparative بدحجاب‌تَر (bad-hejâb-tar), superlative بدحجاب‌تَرین (bad-hejâb-tarin))

  1. (of a woman) badly veiled; wearing a form of Islamic dress which is considered (by the speaker or some authority) not to be modest enough
    آیا پاسبانان زن بدحجاب را کتک زدند؟
    âyâ pâsbânân zan-e bad-hejâb râ kotak zadand?
    Did the policemen hit the insufficiently veiled woman?

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