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bur·qa or bur·ka (b

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A loose, usually black or light blue robe that is worn by Muslim women, especially in Afghanistan, and that covers the body from head to toe.

[Hindi burq, from Arabic burqa', veil, variant of burqu', from barqa'a, to veil.]

burqa, burka [ˈbɜːkə]

(Clothing & Fashion) a long enveloping garment worn by Muslim women in public

[from Arabic]

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Noun

burqa - a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"

burka

garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"

Translations

burqa [ˈbɜːkə] N → burqa m, burka m

burqa [ˈbɜː^rkə] n → burqa f

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burka garment			All of a sudden, [the journalist] looks over and plastered up against the wall is a big [woman] in a burqua . Keepers of the flame by Flynn, George J. / Joint Force Quarterly Under strict new laws women had to be covered from head to toe in the stifling Burqua. The life of hell that drove me to leave home; NATIONAL Refugee Week - ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their eyes. Letters by The Architectural Review			Burns Burns Night burns unit Burnside burnsides Burnstickle Burnsville burnt burnt almond Burnt ear burnt lime burnt offering Burnt sacrifice burnt shale burnt sienna burnt sugar burnt umber burnt-out burnt-tip orchid burnup buroo burp burp gun burping burqa Burqua Burr burr drill burr marigold Burr millstone burr oak burr-headed Burra burramys burrawang burrawong burred Burrel Burrel fly Burrel shot Burrell Burrell Collection Burren burrfish Burrhus Frederic Skinner Burrill Bernard Crohn Burring machine burrito burrlike burro burro deer			Burough Burough Burough Burov, Andrei Burov, Andrei Konstantinovich Burow's solution Burow's solution Burow's solution Burow's solution burp burp burp burp gun burp guns BURPA burped burped burping burping burping Burping the Pouch Burping Turds Burping Turds Musick burps burps burqa burqa Burqah Burqas Burqas Burqua burr burr burr burr burr burr ball burr buttercup burr buttercup burr buttercup burr cell burr cell burr cell burr cell Burr Cells burr clover burr drill Burr grinder Burr hole Burr hole burr holes burr marigold burr marigold Burr marigolds Burr marigolds burr medic Burr mill Burr mill Burr millstone burr oak Burr Oak State Park

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