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burka
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun burka has 1 sense
- burka(n = noun.artifact) burqa - a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" is a kind of garment
OXFORD DICTIONARY
burka, n. a long enveloping garment worn in public by Muslim women.
Etymology
Hind. f. Arab. burka'
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