burqa

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.kə/
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• General-American: /ˈbɝ.kə/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kə
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Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu بُرْقَع (burqa')), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: burkë — female garment that covers the whole body
• Arabic: بُرْقُع (burquʕ) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Armenian: փարանջա (pʻaranǰa) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Armenian: բուրկա (burka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Azerbaijani: pərəncə — female garment that covers the whole body
• Belarusian: паранджа́ (parandžá) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Bengali: বোরকা (bōrka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Bulgarian: фередже́ (feredžé) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Catalan: burca — female garment that covers the whole body
• Chinese Cantonese: 罩袍 (zaau3 pou4) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Chinese Mandarin: 罩袍 (zhàopáo) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Chinese Mandarin: 波卡 (bōkǎ) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Chinese Mandarin: 布嘎 (bùgā) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Chinese Mandarin: 布爾卡 /布尔卡 (bù'ěrkǎ) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Czech: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Danish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Dutch: boerka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Esperanto: burko — female garment that covers the whole body
• Faroese: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Finnish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• French: burqa — female garment that covers the whole body
• French: voile intégral — female garment that covers the whole body
• Georgian: პარანჯა (ṗaranǯa) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Georgian: ბურკა (burḳa) — female garment that covers the whole body
• German: Burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Greek: μπούρκα (boúrka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Greek: φερετζές (feretzés) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Gujarati: બુરખો (burkho) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Hebrew: בּוּרְקָה (burka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Hindi: बुरक़ा (burqā) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Hindi: बुरका (burkā) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Hungarian: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Icelandic: búrka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Indonesian: burqa — female garment that covers the whole body
• Indonesian: burkak — female garment that covers the whole body
• Ingrian: parandža — female garment that covers the whole body
• Japanese: ブルカ (buruka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Kazakh: бурқа (burqa) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Kazakh: паранжы (paranjy) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Kazakh: паранжа (paranja) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Korean: 부르카 (bureuka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Northern Kurdish: ferencî — female garment that covers the whole body
• Kyrgyz: паранжы (paranjı) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Kyrgyz: беренжи (berenji) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Macedonian: бурка (burka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Macedonian: фереџе (feredže) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Malay: burqa — female garment that covers the whole body
• Norwegian Bokmål: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Pashto: بورقه (borqá) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Dari: بُرْقَع (burqa') — female garment that covers the whole body
• Iranian Persian: بُرْقَع (borġa') — female garment that covers the whole body
• Iranian Persian: فَرَجی (faraji) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Polish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Portuguese: burca — female garment that covers the whole body
• Russian: паранджа́ (parandžá) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Russian: чадра́ (čadrá) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Russian: бу́рка (búrka) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̑рка — female garment that covers the whole body
• Serbo-Croatian: фѐреџа — female garment that covers the whole body
• Serbo-Croatian: bȗrka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Serbo-Croatian: fèredža — female garment that covers the whole body
• Spanish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Spanish: burqa — female garment that covers the whole body
• Swahili: barakoa — female garment that covers the whole body
• Swedish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Tajik: фаранҷӣ (faranji) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Tatar: пәрәнҗә (päräncä) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Turkish: burka — female garment that covers the whole body
• Turkish: ferace — female garment that covers the whole body
• Ottoman Turkish: فراجه (ferece, ferace) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Ukrainian: паранджа́ (parandžá) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Urdu: بُرْقَع (burqa') — female garment that covers the whole body
• Uyghur: پەرەنجە (perenje) — female garment that covers the whole body
• Uzbek: paranji — female garment that covers the whole body