burqa (English, noun)
expansion: burqa (plural burqas)
Senses:
qualifier: strictly
glosses: 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).
glosses: Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:
A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
tags: broadly
glosses: Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:
A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .
tags: broadly
proscribed
sometimes
Forms:
form: burqas
tags: plural
form: burka
tags: alternative
form: burkha
tags: alternative
form: burqua
tags: alternative
form: boorka
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bourkha
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bourqa
tags: alternative
rare