English
izaar
Izaar comes from Arabic إِزَار ‘an item of menswear made up of a piece of…’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentإِزَارʔizār‘an item of menswear made up of a piece of cloth that is wrapped around the lower body’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003izaar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentإِزَارʔizār‘an item of menswear made up of a piece of cloth that is wrapped around the lower body’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003izaar
Earliest quotation: 2003, Saleh Fauzan Al-Fauzan, Rulings Pertaining to Muslim Women: “It is mustahabb to clothe the dead woman in…”
Every English word from Arabic إِزَار
Today it means
noun A wrap garment that typically covers the waist and legs and is worn by men under a thobe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic إِزَار / izaar