burqua

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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).

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounburqua (plural burquas)

plural burquas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of burqa.
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