burqa
UK/ˈbɜː.kə//ˈbɝ.kə/
burqa noun: 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).
Noun
burqa (plural burqas)
- 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
- A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
- A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .
burqa meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
burqa in Hindi
- female garment that covers the whole body
- बुरक़ा burqā, बुरका burkā
burqa in Urdu
- female garment that covers the whole body
- بُرْقَع burqa'
burqa in Bengali
- female garment that covers the whole body
- বোরকা bōrka
burqa in Punjabi
- burqa
- برقعہ burqā, ਬੁਰਕਾ burkā
More languagesFewer languages
- burqa in Gujarati
- બુરખો burkho
- burqa in Pashto
- بورقه borqá
- burqa in Arabic
- بُرْقُع burquʕ
- burqa in Malay
- burqa
- burqa in Indonesian
- burqa, burkak
Synonyms of burqa
Forms of burqa
| plural | burqas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | burka |
| alternative form | burkha |
| alternative form | burqua |
| alternative form (obsolete) | boorka |
| alternative form (obsolete) | bourkha |
| alternative form (rare) | bourqa |
Origin of burqa
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu بُرْقَع (burqa')), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).
Words formed from burqa
Words that rhyme with burqa
Questions about burqa
- What does burqa mean?
- Burqa means 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).
- What is burqa in Hindi?
- Burqa in Hindi is बुरक़ा (burqā), बुरका (burkā). See Burqa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is burqa?
- Burqa is a noun.
- How do you pronounce burqa?
- Burqa is pronounced /ˈbɜː.kə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of burqa?
- The plural of burqa is burqas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: burqa (page history and authors); برقعہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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