abaya

IPA: ʌbˈɑjʌ

Examples of "abaya" in Sentences

Pinned to the abaya was a message that read, “She was a collaborator against Islam.”
The abaya is a long over-garment essentially a robe-like dress with black as the most predominant color among Muslim women.
A small minority of Muslim women in certain parts of the world wear what is known as the abaya (black cloak) and the niqab (face veil).
State Department guidelines note, for example, that the religious police can "pressure women to wear" the full-length black covering known as an abaya, "and to cover their heads."