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burka

[ boor-kuh, bur- ]

noun

  1. a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.


burka

/ ˈ²úɜ˰ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of burqa
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of burka1

1830–40; < Urdu ²ú³Ü°ù²µ²¹Ê¿ < dialectal Arabic ²ú³Ü°ù±ç²¹Ê¿
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of burka1

C19: from Arabic
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One particularly poignant image is of a woman dressed in a burka, sitting in an icy road.

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Without any background in music, the sisters - who wear burkas to conceal their identity - became a musical phenomenon.

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More women also began to wear black burkas.

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In a video shared and watched by millions of people in India, a man is seen attacking a person who is wearing a black burka and holding a child.

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Johnson later lamented that women in burkas looked like “letter boxes.â€

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