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Synonyms for burqa

  • noun
  • Australian English

Most common

chadri paranja burka

All synonyms

Noun

1. Chadri — an enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the…

chadri, paranja

Other

burka

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

Related words

Is a kind of
purdah

Forms

Plural
burqas → chadris, paranjas, burkas…

Example sentences

  • burka Can you wear a burka in the Netherlands?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
burqarising
chadristeady
burkarising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
burka
6 letters
chadri
7 letters
paranja

In other languages

Français
burqa
Català
burca