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bourkha

bourkha is the alternative spelling of burqa.

Meaning of burqa

Noun

burqa (plural burqas)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    paranja, chadri
  2. (broadly) A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
  3. (broadly, proscribed, sometimes) A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .

Forms of bourkha

pluralbourkhas

Questions about bourkha

What is bourkha the alternative spelling of?
Bourkha is the alternative spelling of burqa.

Words near bourkha in the dictionary

  1. Bourke
  2. Bourke's parrot
  3. Bourke's parrots
  4. Bourkelands
  5. Bourkes
  6. bourkha
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  8. Bourland
  9. Bourlands
  10. bourlaw
  11. bourlaws

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