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For other uses, see headgear
Headgear

Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head .Headgear serve a variety of purposes:...
.
Headscarves are scarves
Scarf

A scarf is a piece of fabric worn on or near the head or around the neck for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or for religion reasons....
 covering most or all of the top of a woman's hair and her head. Headscarves may be worn for a variety of purposes, such as for warmth, for sanitation, for fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 or social distinction; with religious signifiance, to hide baldness
Baldness

Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species....
, out of modesty, or other forms of social convention.

scarves may have specific religious significance
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
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For other uses, see headgear
Headgear

Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head .Headgear serve a variety of purposes:...
.
Headscarves are scarves
Scarf

A scarf is a piece of fabric worn on or near the head or around the neck for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or for religion reasons....
 covering most or all of the top of a woman's hair and her head. Headscarves may be worn for a variety of purposes, such as for warmth, for sanitation, for fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 or social distinction; with religious signifiance, to hide baldness
Baldness

Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species....
, out of modesty, or other forms of social convention.

Types of headscarves

Headscarves may have specific religious significance
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
. Observant married Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 Jewish women, for example, are required to cover their hair, often employing scarves (or sometimes wigs) for the purpose. Headscarves were also worn by married Christian women in Medieval Europe, and even among some of the unmarried. This headcovering habit is better known as a wimple
Wimple

The wimple is a garment of medieval Europe worn by women. It is a cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair....
 in English.

Headscarves and veils used for Muslim religious dress
Islam and clothing

Adherents of Islam are concerned with clothing in two contexts: clothing for everyday, inside and outside the house, and clothing required in specifically religious contexts....
 include:
  • burqa
    Burqa

    A burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions for the purpose of cloaking the entire body. It is worn over the usual daily clothing and removed when the woman returns to the sanctuary of the household ....
  • chador
    Chador

    A chador or chadar is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many Women in Iran in public spaces; it is one possible way in which a Women and Islam may follow the Islamic dress code known as hijab....
  • niqab
    Niqab

    A niqab is a veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.Niqab is most common in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, and the UAE....
  • dupatta
    Dupatta

    Dupatta , Punjabi "Chunni" is a long scarf that is essential to many South Asian women's suits. Some "dupatta suits" include the shalwar kameez, the trouser suit, and the kurta....
  • See also List of types of sartorial hijab
Note that the Arabic word hijab
Hijab

Hijab or ?ijab is the Arabic word for "curtain / cover" , based on the root ??? meaning "to cover, to veil, to shelter". In popular use, hijab means "head cover and modest dress for women" among Muslims, which most Islamic legal systems define as covering everything except the face, feet and hands in public....
 refers to modest behaviour in general, and pertains to men and women, but it is sometimes used in other languages to describe the Muslim headscarf, also known as a khimar.

The Keffiyeh
Keffiyeh

The 'keffiyeh' ), also known as a 'shmagh' , 'ghutrah' , or 'mashadah' is a traditional headdress for Arab men made of a square of cloth , usually cotton, folded and wrapped in various styles around the head....
 is commonly used by Muslim men.

Some English speakers use the word "babushka
Babushka

Babushka is a Russian language word meaning "grandmother," or more generally "old lady."In English, babushka is sometimes referred to the following:...
" (grandma in Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
) to indicate the headscarf tied below the chin, as commonly worn in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
. In most parts of Eastern Europe, headscarves are used mainly by elderly women (grandmothers) and this led the incorrect use of the "babushka" term. In Russia they are worn by women when they go to church to show their convictions to Russian Orthodoxy.

A plain red or scarlet headscarf was worn by female commissars and other women aligning themselves with Bolshevism in times of Russian Revolution and civil war.

A head tie is a west and southern Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n women’s head scarf, specifically an elaborate ornamental head covering.

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See also

  • Islamic dress controversy in Europe
  • Headscarf controversy in Turkey
    Headscarf controversy in Turkey

    Turkey has been a secular state since it was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk in 1923. Atat?rk introduced the secularization of the state in the Turkish Constitution of 1924....
  • Hijab
    Hijab

    Hijab or ?ijab is the Arabic word for "curtain / cover" , based on the root ??? meaning "to cover, to veil, to shelter". In popular use, hijab means "head cover and modest dress for women" among Muslims, which most Islamic legal systems define as covering everything except the face, feet and hands in public....
  • Head tie
    Head tie

    A head tie is a west and southern African women?s head scarf, specifically an elaborate ornamental head covering....
  • Veil
    Veil

    A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face. As a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space....
  • Tichel
    Tichel

    The Tichel is a headscarf worn by some married Judaism women in compliance with the code of modesty known as Tzeniut. "Tichel" is Yiddish for "kerchief." Tichels can range from a very simple plain color cotton square with a simple tie in the back to very elaborate fabrics with very complex ties using multiple fabrics....
  • Salwar Kameez
    Salwar kameez

    Salwar kameez is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in South Asia. Salvars or shalvars are loose pajamas-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the bottom....
  • Dupatta
    Dupatta

    Dupatta , Punjabi "Chunni" is a long scarf that is essential to many South Asian women's suits. Some "dupatta suits" include the shalwar kameez, the trouser suit, and the kurta....
  • Baboushka