burca

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

burca

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu برقع (burqa'), from Persian برقع (borqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbur.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbuɾ.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

burca m (plural burques)

1. (Islam) burka (a garment that covers the whole body)

Further reading

• “burca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

burca

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Alternative forms

• burka, burqa

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu برقع (burqa'), from Persian برقع (borqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.kɐ/ [ˈbuh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.kɐ/ [ˈbuh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.kɐ/ [ˈbuχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.kɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuh.ka/

Noun

burca f (plural burcas)

1. (Islam) burka (a garment that covers the whole body)

   Synonyms: chadri, paranja

See also

• hijabe
• xador
• nicabe

Further reading

• “burca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “burca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “burca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025