Definition of "izar" [izar]

• A long cotton outer garment, usually white, traditionally worn by Muslim women. (noun)

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• "It helps to think of it in two parts: real (real, just like in English) + izar (to make)."
• "The girls of the school (who are all taught English) were there placed by themselves, and prettily dressed, wearing the Oriental _izar_, (or large white veil,) with flowered borders, a novelty to us."
• "She wore a headkerchief inclined on one side, and the odours of sweet perfumes were diffused from her, and she captivated my reason by her beauty and loveliness as she raised her izar and I beheld her black eyes."