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Banyan (clothing)
A
banyan
(through
Portuguese
banian
and
Arabic
بنيان,
banyān
, from the
Gujarati
વાણિયો,
vāṇiyo
, meaning "merchant") is a
garment
worn by men in the 18th century influenced by
Persian
and
Asian
clothing.
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