паранджа́ — meaning in English
parandzha
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English meaning
- burqa 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).
Senses
паранджа́ is used for these senses in English:
- burqa (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).
burqa — full definition
- 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 A different style of garment that Muslim women wear to dress modestly in public.
- noun A garment that includes a niqab, a veil covering the face.
- noun A hijab, that is a traditional scarf worn over the head that covers the hair and neck, for example a khimar or shayla.
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