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How to pronounce burka in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms burqa
Type of garment

Examples of burka

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The campaign began with a poster of a burka-clad woman wielding a judge's gavel.
From the economist.com
Burka is the one who designed the Digg button you now see everywhere on the web.
From the techcrunch.com
Another female journalist sat with me in the back, in an identical blue burka.
From the latimes.com
Women now may choose not to wear the burka and may even work outside the home.
From the theatlantic.com
If they're worried about someone seeing their face, why not just wear a burka?
From the post-gazette.com
France is not the only European Union country to have considered banning the burka.
From the cnn.com
Posters at bus stops of swimwear models are spray-painted over with a burka.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Burka says that the change began when Bush took seriously a run for the White House.
From the theatlantic.com
In the video, a Swedish pensioner is out-run by burka-clad women with prams.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Burqa: a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"
  • A burka is a dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name). Karakul being quite expensive, burkas were usually sewn from felt treated to look like karakul. ...
  • A hooded robe that actors with markers on wear when they need to be in the volume, but we don't want to capture them