habaran.
/ˈhabərə/ A woman's outdoor silk garment. Also attributive.
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a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Arabia (1829) I. 339 The women of Mekka and Djidda dress in Indian silk gowns, and very large blue striped trowsers..; over these they wear the wide gown called habra, of black silk stuff, used in Egypt and Syria.
1839 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights (1859) I. 190 It [sc. the izár] is now generally made of white calico, but a similar covering of black silk for the married, and of white silk for the unmarried, is now worn by females of the higher and middle classes, and is called a ‘ḥabarah’.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1410 Habara veil, in black silk, for females.
1923 Sunday at Home Oct. 51/2 A black Egyptian habareh and veil.
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