Lingerie exclusively for more lightweight items of female undergarments. The French word in its original form derives from the old French word "linge", meaning 'linen'. So "faire le linge", comes to mean "do the laundry". In French the word "lingerie" applies to all undergarments for either sex. In English it means women's underwear or nightclothes. Lingerie as a word was first used to refer to underwear and bras in 1922. Informal usage suggests visually appealing or even erotic clothing. Although most lingerie is designed to be worn by women, some manufactures now design lingerie for men. The concept of lingerie is
Bisht (clothing) derived from Persian word "‘posht’" () meaning ‘back’, as the bisht worn from back, though this is disputed. It was widely used in Semitic civilization, and an alternate theory is that the word "bisht" is derived from Akkadian "‘bishtu’", meaning ‘nobility’ or ‘dignity’. The alternate name of "ʿabāʾ" () is from the Arabic triliteral root "ʿAyn-Bāʾ-Wāw", which relates to ‘filling out’. Bisht (clothing) A bisht () or mishlaḥ () or ʿabāʾ () is a traditional men’s cloak popular in the Arab and Muslim world. It is a flowing outer cloak worn over a "thawb". It is usually black, brown, beige,