burka
Spanish, noun/ˈbuɾka/
burka is spelled B-U-R-K-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burka is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “burka or burqa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de indumentaria femenina que cubre todo el cuerpo y la cabeza, dejando a la vista solo los ojos…”.
What does burka mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburka or burqa
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de indumentaria femenina que cubre todo el cuerpo y la cabeza, dejando a la vista solo los ojos, típica de algunas tradiciones del Islam.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of burka
- burkas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burka?
- /ˈbuɾka/
- [ˈbuɾ.ka]
- [ˈbuɾka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to burka
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is burka in Spanish?
burka appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).