Etymology

burqa

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Today it 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). Full definition →

Hindi बुरक़ा ← Urdu بُرْقَع ← Classical Persian بُرْقَع
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  1. Arabic · derived fromبُرْقُع
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromبُرْقَع
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromبُرْقَع
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromबुरक़ा
  5. English todayburqa

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

Words from the same roots

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burka

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