burqa in Dutch
burqa in Dutch is boerka — burqa means 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).
burqa in Dutch
boerka
(strictly) 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).
What does "burqa" mean?
- noun 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).
- noun Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:
- noun A garment incorporating a niqab (veil for the face).
- noun A hijab (traditional headscarf covering the hair and neck), such as a khimar or shayla .
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What is "burqa" in Dutch?
"burqa" in Dutch is boerka. burqa means: 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).
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