abaya

NOUN
  1. (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women
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How To Use abaya In A Sentence

  • Most wore an enveloping black abaya or a head scarf over their hair.
  • Many of the men wore white skullcaps and long white robes, and the women were either scarved and covered or in the full abaya, a black nunlike garb.
  • The abaya is a long over-garment essentially a robe-like dress with black as the most predominant color among Muslim women. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Women tend to wear very colorful long-sleeved, ankle-length dresses, with a black silk cloak called an abaya covering them completely in public.
  • Many of the men wore white skullcaps and long white robes, dishdashas, and the women were either scarved and covered or in the full abaya, a black nunlike garb.
  • There was about Hazlitt's wooing of Rachel the pathos which might distinguish the love affair of a Baptist angel and the hamadryad daughter of a Babayaga. Erik Dorn
  • Small flocks of mangy goats and sheep, shepherded by women in flowing black abayas, forage in the trash.
  • A basic abaya sells for 70, but an elaborate one with real gold thread can cost 6,000. Times, Sunday Times
  • One rather prominent detail was a lady at a neighbouring table dressed only in a sarong and kabaya, with her extremities bare. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
  • The women of the family swept her up in warm embraces, almost causing her to disappear in the flurry of abayas.
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