Banyan (clothing)

A Banyan (from Portuguese banian and Arabic بنيان, Banyan, from Gujarati વાણિયો, vāṇiyo, in the meaning ' merchant ') is a piece of clothing that was worn in the 18th century by men and shows an influence of Persian and Asian clothing forms.

In Pakistani and Indian English the term is now used to mean undershirt.

Also known as a dressing gown, dressing gown or robe de chambre, the Banyan was a wide, T-shaped or kimono -like cut coat made ​​of cotton, linen or silk. He was born in the house as a kind of informal jacket over a shirt and breeches. Instead of the formal wig you wore on Banyan a soft, turban -like hat.