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burqa

/ ˈɜːə /

noun

  1. a long enveloping garment worn by Muslim women in public
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of burqa1

C19: from Arabic
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There are few women on the streets, and those who venture out wear burqas, often the blue ones more commonly seen in Afghanistan.

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The text of the bill labels Islam a “violent, totalitarian ideology” and proposes bans on mosques, the Quran, Islamic schools and the wearing of burqas and niqabs.

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But police eventually traced him to his home town of Creil, north of Paris, where he was seen moving around dressed as a woman in a Muslim burqa.

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Mohammad continued, explaining how his family lives in hiding, his wife concealing her identity with a burqa.

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Mohammad continued, explaining how his family lives in hiding, his wife concealing her identity with a burqa.

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