abaya

Noun. The traditional form of hijab, or Islamic dress, for many countries of the Arabian peninsula, it is an overgarment worn by some women.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.