burqa
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of burqa
C19: from Arabic
Example Sentences
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Mohammad continued, explaining how his family lives in hiding, his wife concealing her identity with a burqa.
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2023
Terrified, she left Kabul, disguising herself in her burqa to travel to her family’s hometown.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023
In Kandahar and southern Afghanistan, nearly all wore the burqa or covered their faces in public already.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022
The new rule doesn’t force women to wear a burqa.
From NewsForKids.net • May 13, 2022
It was that same year, in the middle of the summer, that a woman covered in a sky blue burqa knocked on the front gates one morning.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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