a long, loose, often black, robelike outer garment worn outside the home by women in some Muslim countries
Origin of abaya
Arabic ?ab?yaabaya
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abaya
noun
A loose robe worn by Muslim women, especially in Arabic-speaking regions, covering the body from head to toe or the neck down and often worn with a headscarf and veil. Also called aba .
Origin of abaya
Colloquial Arabic 'abāya from Arabic 'abā'a variant of 'abā' abaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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