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burka
[ boor-kuh, bur- ]
noun
- a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
burka
/ ˈɜːə /
noun
- a variant spelling of burqa
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of burka1
1830–40; < Urdu ܰʿ < dialectal Arabic ܰ粹ʿ
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51Թ 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.”
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