Meaning of burqa | Babel Free
ˈbɜː.kəDefinitions
- An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).
- Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:
- A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
- A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .
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Examples
“He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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