burqa

1. 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).

   Burka

   паранджа́parandžá, чадра́čadrá, бу́ркаbúrka

   паранджа́parandžá

2. Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:

   (broadly)A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).

3. (broadly, proscribed, sometimes)A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .

1. Maria is wearing a burqa.

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2. The burqa is a choice.

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3. Say no to the burqa!

   deSag nein zur Burka!

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4. Ziri dressed Rima in a burqa.

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5. "Did you know that his daughter wears a burqa?" "It's not a burqa, mum, it's called a hijab!"

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