burka
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burka
1830–40; < Urdu burgaʿ < dialectal Arabic burqaʿ
Vocabulary lists containing burka
The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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The Middle East and Central Asia - High School
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Example Sentences
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The Taliban enforced the burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
A burka is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body, often leaving just a mesh screen to see through.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
A Taliban spokesperson for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Ministry, which enforces strict religious doctrines, dismissed reports that women were being forced to wear the burka.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
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 • Jun. 20, 2025
She nodded, fingering the bright pink burka that enveloped Gulmina.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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