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burqa (bʉr′kə)

noun

a long, loose outer garment that covers the entire body with only a small opening for the eyes, worn outside the home by women in some Muslim countries

Etymology: < Urdu burḳaʿ < Ar burḳuʿ

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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