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burqa

bur·qa [ búrkə ] (plural bur·qas) or bur·ka [ búrkə ] (plural bur·kas)


noun 
Definition:
 
woman's head-to-foot veil: a garment with veiled eyeholes covering the entire body, worn in public by some Muslim women

[Mid-19th century. Via Urdu or Persian burka'< Arabic burku']
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