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▪ I. burka, n.1|ˈbɜːkə|
Also burqa, boorka, bourkha, burko.
[Hind. (from Arabic) burqa‘.]
A long enveloping garment worn in public places by Muslim women to screen them from the view of men and strangers.
1836E. W. Lane Manners Mod. Egyptians I. i. 51 The boor'cko', or face-veil, which is a long strip of white muslin, concealing the whole of the face except the eyes, and reaching nearly to the feet. 1884Kipling Plain Tales from Hills (1888) 149 He went..clad in a boorka, which cloaks a man as well as a woman. 1905Holman Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 386 His pleadings to be allowed to satisfy his eyes as to the features hidden under the black burko. 1905Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 5/4 The Begum was clothed in strictest purdah costume, and wore a burka. 1927Blackw. Mag. May 755/1 A burka with netted eyeholes. 1929Daily Express 15 Jan. 1/1 The Queen [of Afghanistan] is wearing the boorka—a heavy shapeless garment which effectually hides her beauty. 1955G. Band Road to Rakaposhi x. 119 Their gay red and yellow burqas, which cover the wearer from head to foot and permit only a latticed window before the eyes, made a brilliant patch of colour. 1959Times 21 Sept. 13/4 The bourkhas which veiled the students from top to toe.
▪ II. burka, n.2|ˈbɜːkə|
Also burkha, boorka, burqa.
[Russ.]
A long Caucasian cloak of felt or goat's hair.
1898J. T. Bealby tr. Hedin's Through Asia I. viii. 103 A Caucasian burkha (cloak or mantle). 1916J. Y. Simpson Self-Discov. Russia 138 Caucasian Cossack officers with..black burka sweeping behind them. 1924Blackw. Mag. Feb. 180/2 The ample folds of the ankle-long burqa. 1927Ibid. Sept. 299/1 Broad-built men, like giants in their hairy boorkas and astrakhan caps. |