LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT MODEST CLOTHING.

The abaya (colloquially and even more commonly, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabā'ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā'āt), in some cases also referred to as an aba, is a simple, loose around-garment, fundamentally a robe-like costume, worn by some women within the Muslim environment