{{Short description|Loose garment for lower body}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} [[File:Dance of Hadhramaut.jpg|thumb|Yemeni men from Hadhramaut in Izaars]] thumb|Yemeni Zaranig men in Izaars
An '''izaar''', also '''izar''' or '''ʾizār''' ({{langx|ar|إِزَار}}),<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite journal |last1=Ayman Al Arabi |title=Methods of Weaving and Embroidering the Yemenite Fouta: A Descriptive, Analytic Study |journal=Jordan Journal of Arts |date=2010 |volume=3 |issue=1 |url=https://journals.yu.edu.jo/jja/Vol3No1Contents2010.html}}</ref> also known as '''maʿawaz''' ({{lang|ar|مَعَوَز}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://14october.com/news.aspx?newsno=140758 |title=تعز ثالث أهم محافظات الجمهورية |access-date=2016-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007145420/http://14october.com/news.aspx?newsno=140758 |archive-date=2016-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''futah''' ({{lang|ar|فُوطَة}}),<ref>{{cite web |author=Category: Yemen |date= |title=Yemeni traditional dress. Yemen is a country with a remarkably diverse fashion |url=http://nationalclothing.org/41-nationalclothing/middle-east/yemen/58-yemeni-traditional-dress-yemen-is-a-country-with-a-remarkably-diverse-fashion.html |accessdate=2023-05-09 |publisher=Nationalclothing.org}}</ref> '''wizar''' ({{lang|ar|وِزَار}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldtravelbuzz.com/exploring-saudi-arabia-tihama-faifa/|title=Exploring Saudi Arabia: Tihama and Faifa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chrisspivey.org/the-sunday-spiv-010215/ |title=Chriss Pivey's Blog - Most useful blog for chemicals information |publisher=Chrisspivey.org |date= |accessdate=2023-05-09}}</ref> '''maqtab''' ({{lang|ar|مَقْطَب}})<ref name="sep1">{{cite web |title=26 September News |url=http://www.26sep.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=7030 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103193007/http://www.26sep.net/newsweekarticle.php?sid=7030 |archive-date=2020-01-03 |access-date=2016-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Spencer |first=James |title=Al-qa’ida in the Arabian peninsula: MOs & Deductions |url=http://smallwarsjournal.com/sites/default/files/839-spencer.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007144441/http://smallwarsjournal.com/sites/default/files/839-spencer.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-07 |access-date=2016-05-23}}</ref> is a traditional lower garment that is frequently used by men in Oman, Somaliland, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Yemenis commonly wear izzars at home and work.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9uDtalO4pAC&dq=izaar+garment&pg=PA177|title=Islam: Questions and Answers: Character and Morals|first=Muhammad Saed|last=Abdul-Rahman|date=19 January 2003|publisher=MSA Publication Limited|isbn=978-1-86179-318-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref> It is also used by some in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and the Horn of Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea). A white izaar is typically worn underneath thawbs in Oman and the UAE instead of sirwal sunnah.
In the Indian subcontinent, the word ''izār'' in Hindustani colloquially referred to trousers or open drawers,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fallon |first1=S. W. |title=A new Hindustani-English dictionary. |date=1879 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/fallon_query.py?qs=%D8%A7%D9%90%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact}}</ref> thereby entering other Indian languages in different forms, like ''nijār'' in Madras Tamil,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madras |first1=University of |title=Tamil lexicon |date=1924–1936 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact}}</ref> via Dakkani Urdu ''nizār''.
==See also== * Dhoti * Lungi * Sarong
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