noun
headscarf
Headscarf (noun) means a roughly square piece of fabric worn on the head, usually by women, often to cover the hair or for religious purposes.
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A roughly square piece of fabric worn on the head, usually by women, often to cover the hair or for religious purposes.
"By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters."
— Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert (2015)
"As far as only the Quran itself is concerned, wearing a headscarf is neither required nor prohibited."
"The headscarf is a perfect tool to block the nonmoderns from participating in the class privileges that the modern state represents."
— Hilal Elver, The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion (2012)
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"headscarf" (noun) means a roughly square piece of fabric worn on the head, usually by women, often to cover the hair or for religious purposes.
