noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of burqa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
burka
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɝkə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burqa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
History
Etymology
From Hindustani برقع / बुरक़ा (burqā), from Classical Persian برقع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).
From Russian бу́рка (búrka); further etymology is disputed.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abaza: уапӏа (wapʼa) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Abkhaz: ауа́па (awápʼa) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Aghul: лит (lit) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Armenian: այծենակաճ (aycenakač) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Avar: бурти́на (burtı̇́na) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Azerbaijani: yapıncı — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Azerbaijani: kiyiz — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Bagvalal: бу́туна (bútuna) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Budukh: йапунча́ (japunčá) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Chamalal: бо́тун (bótun) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Chechen: верта (verta) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- East Circassian: щӏакӏуэ (śʼakwʼɛ) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- West Circassian: кӏакӏо (kʼakwʼo) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Dargwa: варгьи (varhi) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Esperanto: burko — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Georgian: ნაბადი (nabadi) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Hunzib: къир (q̊ir) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Hunzib: къу́ни (q̊úni) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Ingush: ферта (ferta) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Karachay-Balkar: джамчы (camçı) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Kumyk: ямучу (yamuçu) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Lak: варси (warsi) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Lezgi: япунжи (äpunži) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Mingrelian: ნაბადი (nabadi) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Nogai: ямышы (yamışı) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Ossetian: нымӕг (nymæg) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Russian: бу́рка (búrka) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Svan: ღა̈რთ (ɣärt) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Tabasaran: япунжи́ (japunží) — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)
- Turkish: yamçı — male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)