Dictionary

burqa en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɜː.kə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɝ.kə/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu بُرْقَع (burqa')), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).
   • He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it. 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 69:
2. (broadly) Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab: ▸ A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
3. (broadly, proscribed, sometimes) Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab: ▸ A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .

Forms

Deriveds

anti-burqa · burqini · burkini · burqaed · burqaless

Hypernyms

purdah

Relateds

aba · abaya

Synonyms

paranja · chadri

Translations (74)

sh фѐреџа (female garment that covers the whole body) · da burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · prs بُرْقَع (female garment that covers the whole body) · hy բուրկա (female garment that covers the whole body) · is búrka (female garment that covers the whole body) · ky паранжы (female garment that covers the whole body) · hi बुरक़ा (female garment that covers the whole body) · uz paranji (female garment that covers the whole body) · bn বোরকা (female garment that covers the whole body) · id burqa (female garment that covers the whole body) · cs burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · hi बुरका (female garment that covers the whole body) · ky беренжи (female garment that covers the whole body) · sh fèredža (female garment that covers the whole body) · hu burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · sv burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · es burqa (female garment that covers the whole body) · ar بُرْقُع (female garment that covers the whole body) · az pərəncə (female garment that covers the whole body) · ur بُرْقَع (female garment that covers the whole body) · kk бурқа (female garment that covers the whole body) · be паранджа́ (female garment that covers the whole body) · cmn 波卡 (female garment that covers the whole body) · ca burca (female garment that covers the whole body) · pt burca (female garment that covers the whole body) · uk паранджа́ (female garment that covers the whole body) · kk паранжа (female garment that covers the whole body) · sq burkë (female garment that covers the whole body) · de Burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · ru чадра́ (female garment that covers the whole body) · eo burko (female garment that covers the whole body) · kk паранжы (female garment that covers the whole body) · id burkak (female garment that covers the whole body) · ka პარანჯა (female garment that covers the whole body) · tt пәрәнҗә (female garment that covers the whole body) · tr ferace (female garment that covers the whole body) · tr burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · nl boerka (female garment that covers the whole body) · sh bȗrka (female garment that covers the whole body) · cmn 布爾卡 /布尔卡 (female garment that covers the whole body) · mk бурка (female garment that covers the whole body) · el φερετζές (female garment that covers the whole body) · el μπούρκα (female garment that covers the whole body) · tg фаранҷӣ (female garment that covers the whole body) · ug پەرەنجە (female garment that covers the whole body) · izh parandža (female garment that covers the whole body) · cmn 罩袍 (female garment that covers the whole body) · mk фереџе (female garment that covers the whole body) · fr voile intégral (female garment that covers the whole body) · kmr ferencî (female garment that covers the whole body) · ota فراجه (female garment that covers the whole body) · sh бу̑рка (female garment that covers the whole body) · ru паранджа́ (female garment that covers the whole body) · fa-ira بُرْقَع (female garment that covers the whole body) · nb burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · gu બુરખો (female garment that covers the whole body) · ko 부르카 (female garment that covers the whole body) · es burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · ps بورقه (female garment that covers the whole body) · ms burqa (female garment that covers the whole body) · fr burqa (female garment that covers the whole body) · yue 罩袍 (female garment that covers the whole body) · ka ბურკა (female garment that covers the whole body) · pl burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · ru бу́рка (female garment that covers the whole body) · hy փարանջա (female garment that covers the whole body) · bg фередже́ (female garment that covers the whole body) · fo burka (female garment that covers the whole body) · cmn 布嘎 (female garment that covers the whole body) · he בּוּרְקָה (female garment that covers the whole body) · ja ブルカ (female garment that covers the whole body) · sw barakoa (female garment that covers the whole body) · fa-ira فَرَجی (female garment that covers the whole body) · fi burka (female garment that covers the whole body)