Burkini

American  

[boor-kee-nee, bur‐] / bʊrˈki ni, bɜr‐ /

Or Burqini

Trademark.

1. (often lowercase) a brand name for a type of bathing suit covering the torso, limbs, and head, worn by women or girls who want to keep their bodies completely covered, especially for religious reasons.

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Etymology

Origin of Burkini

2004; blend of burka ( def. ) and bikini ( def. ); coined by its inventor, Lebanese-born Australian Aheda Zanetti, born 1967

Example Sentences

Maryam Keshavarz wore a similar burkini costume once upon a time, and her semi-autobiographical film — which spans decades and moves between Iran and the United States — won an audience award and a screenwriting prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where it had its world premiere.

From New York Times

When Leila, the central character in the new comedy-drama “The Persian Version,” sashays across the Brooklyn Bridge and into a Halloween party carrying a surfboard and wearing a burkini — niqab on top, bikini on the bottom — while Wet Leg’s cheeky anthem “Chaise Longue” plays, it’s clear that what’s to come will be a boundary-pushing take on straddling cultures that are at odds in the real world.

From New York Times

It also stipulated that breastfeeding should be allowed, as well as the use of full body bathing suits, which would include the Muslim "burkini".

From BBC

The burkini, which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed, is worn by some Muslim women who wish to preserve their modesty and is commonly seen worn on beaches in Tunisia, a majority Muslim country.

From Reuters

But reactions to the burkini in Tunisia reveal faultlines of religion and class within society, where some well-off Tunisians hold secular values and are intolerant of signs of religious conservatism.

From Reuters