# burqa

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɜː.kə/ · frequency rank #48,107

## Definitions
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).
2. Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:
3. Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab:

## Etymology
From Hindustani بُرْقَع (burqa') / बुरक़ा (burqā), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

## Easily confused with
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-burr)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-burst)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-bursa)
- **busta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burqa-vs-busta)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bra-vs-burqa)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-burqa)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burn-vs-burqa)
- **bora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bora-vs-burqa)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burg-vs-burqa)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burp-vs-burqa)
- **Brea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brea-vs-burqa)
- **bara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-burqa)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burqa)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burqa)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burke-vs-burqa)
- **Burma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burqa)
- **Barca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barca-vs-burqa)
- **bubba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bubba-vs-burqa)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bburqa`, `bruqa`, `buqra`, `buraq`, `burqqa`, `burrqa`, `ubrqa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/burqa