Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose, usually black or light blue outer garment worn by Muslim women that covers the head and face and sometimes the entire body.
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- noun Alternative form of
burka .
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- noun a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The argument that banning the burqa is about eliminating family or marital pressures placed upon women to wear the burqa against their will overlooks existing laws against such criminal behaviors.
Rabah Ghezali: France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa Rabah Ghezali 2010
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Teasing out whether the burqa is a form of oppression or a symbol of righteous modesty depends upon whom one asks.
The burqa in France: Removing the veil without facing society's shortcomings Robin Givhan 2010
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The argument that banning the burqa is about eliminating family or marital pressures placed upon women to wear the burqa against their will overlooks existing laws against such criminal behaviors.
Rabah Ghezali: France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa Rabah Ghezali 2010
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The argument that banning the burqa is about eliminating family or marital pressures placed upon women to wear the burqa against their will overlooks existing laws against such criminal behaviors.
Rabah Ghezali: France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa Rabah Ghezali 2010
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The argument that banning the burqa is about eliminating family or marital pressures placed upon women to wear the burqa against their will overlooks existing laws against such criminal behaviors.
Rabah Ghezali: France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa Rabah Ghezali 2010
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It is known as a burqa in South and Central Asia and seen most often as the blue full-body veil worn by Afghan women.
Kari Ansari: Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear Kari Ansari 2011
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It is known as a burqa in South and Central Asia and seen most often as the blue full-body veil worn by Afghan women.
Kari Ansari: Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear Kari Ansari 2011
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It is known as a burqa in South and Central Asia and seen most often as the blue full-body veil worn by Afghan women.
Kari Ansari: Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear Kari Ansari 2011
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I'm far more interested in the implication that the burqa is used here to symbolize a woman who is being degraded.
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Saying she needs to take off her burqa is just offensive, a juvenile attempt at being controversial.
BrainyBabe commented on the word burqa
Blue in Afghanistan. See also chador for overall billowing cover, and niqab for the faceveil.
December 30, 2008