Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burqa

/ˈbɝ.kə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
burqa
IPA
/ˈbɝ.kə/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu بُرْقَع (burqa')), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: बुरक़ा, بُرْقَع, بُرْقُع, ب ر ق ع

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbɝ.kə/
  • British English: /ˈbɜː.kə/

Inflected Forms

burqas (plural) burka (alternative) burkha (alternative) burqua (alternative) boorka (alternative, obsolete) bourkha (alternative, obsolete) bourqa (alternative, rare)

Derived Forms

burkini burqaed burqaless burqini

Phrases

anti-burqa

Frequently Paired Words

aba abaya

Synonyms

paranja chadri burka

Homonyms

burka

Rhymes With

circa gurkha mazurka

Questions

How do you pronounce burqa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɝ.kə/.
What does burqa mean?
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).
Where does burqa come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce burqa

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