burka
noun /ˈbʊəkə/, /ˈbɜːkə/
/ˈbɜːrkə/
(also burkha, burqa)
- a long, loose piece of clothing that covers the whole body, including the head and face, worn in public by some Muslim womenTopics Clothes and Fashionc2, Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom Urdu and Persian burqa‘, from Arabic burqu‘.