burkha

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A form of burqa — 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).

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Meanings

nounburkha (plural burkhas)

plural burkhas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of burqa.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Khabur
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burkha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkha

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“burkha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burkha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkha.

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