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niqab

islamic garment
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Summary

niqab ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,654 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Islam[2]
  • Subclass of: veil[3], Tasattur[4]
  • Commons category: Niqabs[5]
  • IPA transcription: niqɑ:ʹb[6]
  • Used by: niqabi[7]
  • Native label: نِقاب[8]
  • Different from: burqa[9], hijab[10], abaya[11], jilbāb[12]
  • Hashtag: niqab[13], nikaab[14], niqabi[15], نِقاب[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Fashion[17], WikiProject Islam[18], WikiProject Women[19]
  • Worn on: body[20], face[21]

Why It Matters

niqab has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] niqab is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_niqab_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{niqab}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/niqab}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Fivetonsofflax · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → burqa, hijab, abaya +1
    Gnd id → 1117228215
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ba', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', '
    Sitelink count → 64
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gnd id: 1117228215"
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