"burka" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɝkə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-burka.wav [Southern-England] Forms: burkas [plural]
Etymology: From Hindustani برقع / बुरक़ा (burqā), from Classical Persian برقع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{der|en|fa-cls|برقع|tr=burqa'}} Classical Persian برقع (burqa'), {{der|en|ar|بُرْقُع}} Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ), {{root|en|ar|ب ر ق ع|ر ق ع}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} burka (plural burkas)
  1. Alternative form of burqa. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: burqa
    Sense id: en-burka-en-noun-GuCeRgPu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɝkə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-burka.wav [Southern-England] Forms: burkas [plural]
Etymology: From Russian бу́рка (búrka); further etymology is disputed. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|bor-en-ru}}, {{borrowed|en|ru|бу́рка}} Russian бу́рка (búrka) Head templates: {{en-noun}} burka (plural burkas)
  1. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region. Translations (male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)): уапӏа (wapʼa) (Abaza), ауа́па (awápʼa) (Abkhaz), лит (lit) (Aghul), այծենակաճ (aycenakač) (Armenian), бурти́на (burtı̇́na) (Avar), yapıncı (Azerbaijani), kiyiz [dialectal] (Azerbaijani), бу́туна (bútuna) (Bagvalal), йапунча́ (japunčá) (Budukh), бо́тун (bótun) (Chamalal), верта (verta) (Chechen), варгьи (varhi) (Dargwa), щӏакӏуэ (śʼakʷʼɛ) (East Circassian), burko (Esperanto), ნაბადი (nabadi) (Georgian), къир (q̊ir) (Hunzib), къу́ни (q̊úni) (Hunzib), ферта (ferta) (Ingush), джамчы (camçı) (Karachay-Balkar), ямучу (yamuçu) (Kumyk), варси (warsi) (Lak), япунжи (äpunži) (Lezgi), ნაბადი (nabadi) (Mingrelian), ямышы (yamışı) (Nogai), нымӕг (nymæg) (Ossetian), бу́рка (búrka) [feminine] (Russian), ღა̈რთ (ɣärt) (Svan), япунжи́ (japunží) (Tabasaran), yamçı (Turkish), кӏакӏо (kʼakʷʼo) (West Circassian)
    Sense id: en-burka-en-noun-lbB6iOYj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Abaza translations, Terms with Abkhaz translations, Terms with Aghul translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Avar translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bagvalal translations, Terms with Budukh translations, Terms with Chamalal translations, Terms with Chechen translations, Terms with Dargwa translations, Terms with East Circassian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hunzib translations, Terms with Ingush translations, Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations, Terms with Kumyk translations, Terms with Lak translations, Terms with Lezgi translations, Terms with Mingrelian translations, Terms with Nogai translations, Terms with Ossetian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Svan translations, Terms with Tabasaran translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with West Circassian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Abaza translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Abkhaz translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Aghul translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Avar translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bagvalal translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Budukh translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamalal translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Chechen translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dargwa translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with East Circassian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Hunzib translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingush translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Kumyk translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Lak translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Lezgi translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Mingrelian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Nogai translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Ossetian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Svan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Tabasaran translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with West Circassian translations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region."
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          "code": "abq",
          "lang": "Abaza",
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          "roman": "wapʼa",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "уапӏа"
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          "roman": "awápʼa",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ауа́па"
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          "roman": "lit",
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          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "aycenakač",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "այծենակաճ"
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          "code": "av",
          "lang": "Avar",
          "lang_code": "av",
          "roman": "burtı̇́na",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "бурти́на"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "yapıncı"
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          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
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          "word": "kiyiz"
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          "code": "kva",
          "lang": "Bagvalal",
          "lang_code": "kva",
          "roman": "bútuna",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "бу́туна"
        },
        {
          "code": "bdk",
          "lang": "Budukh",
          "lang_code": "bdk",
          "roman": "japunčá",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "йапунча́"
        },
        {
          "code": "cji",
          "lang": "Chamalal",
          "lang_code": "cji",
          "roman": "bótun",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "бо́тун"
        },
        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "lang_code": "ce",
          "roman": "verta",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "верта"
        },
        {
          "code": "kbd",
          "lang": "East Circassian",
          "lang_code": "kbd",
          "roman": "śʼakʷʼɛ",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "щӏакӏуэ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ady",
          "lang": "West Circassian",
          "lang_code": "ady",
          "roman": "kʼakʷʼo",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "кӏакӏо"
        },
        {
          "code": "dar",
          "lang": "Dargwa",
          "lang_code": "dar",
          "roman": "varhi",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "варгьи"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "burko"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "nabadi",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ნაბადი"
        },
        {
          "code": "huz",
          "lang": "Hunzib",
          "lang_code": "huz",
          "roman": "q̊ir",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "къир"
        },
        {
          "code": "huz",
          "lang": "Hunzib",
          "lang_code": "huz",
          "roman": "q̊úni",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "къу́ни"
        },
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          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "lang_code": "inh",
          "roman": "ferta",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ферта"
        },
        {
          "code": "krc",
          "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
          "lang_code": "krc",
          "roman": "camçı",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "джамчы"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "lang_code": "kum",
          "roman": "yamuçu",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ямучу"
        },
        {
          "code": "lbe",
          "lang": "Lak",
          "lang_code": "lbe",
          "roman": "warsi",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "варси"
        },
        {
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "lang_code": "lez",
          "roman": "äpunži",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "япунжи"
        },
        {
          "code": "xmf",
          "lang": "Mingrelian",
          "lang_code": "xmf",
          "roman": "nabadi",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ნაბადი"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "lang_code": "nog",
          "roman": "yamışı",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ямышы"
        },
        {
          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
          "lang_code": "os",
          "roman": "nymæg",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "нымӕг"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "búrka",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бу́рка"
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          "code": "sva",
          "lang": "Svan",
          "lang_code": "sva",
          "roman": "ɣärt",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "ღა̈რთ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tab",
          "lang": "Tabasaran",
          "lang_code": "tab",
          "roman": "japunží",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "япунжи́"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
          "word": "yamçı"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Lezgi translations",
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}

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    "Terms with East Circassian translations",
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    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with Hunzib translations",
    "Terms with Ingush translations",
    "Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations",
    "Terms with Kumyk translations",
    "Terms with Lak translations",
    "Terms with Lezgi translations",
    "Terms with Mingrelian translations",
    "Terms with Nogai translations",
    "Terms with Ossetian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Svan translations",
    "Terms with Tabasaran translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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    [
      "papakhi",
      "papakhi"
    ],
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      "бу́рка",
      "бурка#Russian"
    ]
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  "etymology_number": "2",
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        "3": "бу́рка"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian бу́рка (búrka)",
      "name": "borrowed"
    }
  ],
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        "A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region."
      ],
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          "felt",
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        ],
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          "karakul",
          "karakul"
        ],
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      "code": "abq",
      "lang": "Abaza",
      "lang_code": "abq",
      "roman": "wapʼa",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "уапӏа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "lang_code": "ab",
      "roman": "awápʼa",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ауа́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "agx",
      "lang": "Aghul",
      "lang_code": "agx",
      "roman": "lit",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "лит"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "aycenakač",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "այծենակաճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "lang_code": "av",
      "roman": "burtı̇́na",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "бурти́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "yapıncı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "kiyiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "kva",
      "lang": "Bagvalal",
      "lang_code": "kva",
      "roman": "bútuna",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "бу́туна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bdk",
      "lang": "Budukh",
      "lang_code": "bdk",
      "roman": "japunčá",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "йапунча́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cji",
      "lang": "Chamalal",
      "lang_code": "cji",
      "roman": "bótun",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "бо́тун"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "lang_code": "ce",
      "roman": "verta",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "верта"
    },
    {
      "code": "kbd",
      "lang": "East Circassian",
      "lang_code": "kbd",
      "roman": "śʼakʷʼɛ",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "щӏакӏуэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "West Circassian",
      "lang_code": "ady",
      "roman": "kʼakʷʼo",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "кӏакӏо"
    },
    {
      "code": "dar",
      "lang": "Dargwa",
      "lang_code": "dar",
      "roman": "varhi",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "варгьи"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "burko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "nabadi",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ნაბადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "huz",
      "lang": "Hunzib",
      "lang_code": "huz",
      "roman": "q̊ir",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "къир"
    },
    {
      "code": "huz",
      "lang": "Hunzib",
      "lang_code": "huz",
      "roman": "q̊úni",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "къу́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "lang_code": "inh",
      "roman": "ferta",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ферта"
    },
    {
      "code": "krc",
      "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
      "lang_code": "krc",
      "roman": "camçı",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "джамчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "lang_code": "kum",
      "roman": "yamuçu",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ямучу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lbe",
      "lang": "Lak",
      "lang_code": "lbe",
      "roman": "warsi",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "варси"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "lang_code": "lez",
      "roman": "äpunži",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "япунжи"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "lang_code": "xmf",
      "roman": "nabadi",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ნაბადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "lang_code": "nog",
      "roman": "yamışı",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ямышы"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "lang_code": "os",
      "roman": "nymæg",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "нымӕг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "búrka",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sva",
      "lang": "Svan",
      "lang_code": "sva",
      "roman": "ɣärt",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "ღა̈რთ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tab",
      "lang": "Tabasaran",
      "lang_code": "tab",
      "roman": "japunží",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "япунжи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "male garment made from felt or karakul (Caucasus)",
      "word": "yamçı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "burka"
}

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