Burqa
//ˈbɜː.kə//
"Burqa" in a Sentence (8 examples)
Maria is wearing a burqa.
The burqa is a choice.
As we no longer alter the spellings of loanwords to match typical English spelling conventions, this leads to many words with unusual spellings, like "guanxi", "qarin", "kawaii" and "burqa".
"Did you know that his daughter wears a burqa?" "It's not a burqa, mum, it's called a hijab!"
"Did you know that her daughter wears a burqa?" "It's not a burqa, mum, it's called a hijab!"
Ziri dressed Rima in a burqa.
Say no to the burqa!
He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.