burka

American

[boor-kuh, bur-] / ˈbʊər kə, ˈbɜr- /

Also burqa,

noun

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

burka British

/ ˈbɜːkə /

noun

a variant spelling of burqa

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Etymology

Origin of burka

1830–40; < Urdu burgaʿ < dialectal Arabic burqaʿ

Example Sentences

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Shortly after other lawmakers blocked her from introducing the bill on Monday, she returned wearing a black burka.

From BBC

The Taliban enforced the burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s.

From BBC

A protester who cited burkas when refusing to remove his face covering outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping has been fined £276.

From BBC

He said tweets he had sent criticising the party's only female MP as "stupid" for raising the issue of whether Britain should ban the burka had been misjudged and that he had been "exhausted".

From BBC

Yusuf resigned suddenly from the role on Thursday, shortly after saying it was "dumb" for new Reform MP Sarah Pochin to call on the prime minister to ban the burka.

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