veil (worn by women; long, leaving the eyes exposed) – WehrCowan1979.
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▪ Landberg1920: Le burquʕ égyptien n’est pas connu ici [sc. in DaṯAr].
▪ Engl burka (1836), from Hindi, from Ar burqaʕ – EtymOnline. | ▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl burqa, from Ar burqaʕ, variant of burquʕ, perh. from *buqquʕ, from root variant √BQʕ, akin to Ar ↗faqaʕa ‘to burst’, the name of the garment, burquʕ, perh. originally making reference to a split or slit in front of the eyes through which the wearer can see.
►barqaʕa, vb. I, to veil, drape: denom. (?). ►tabarqaʕa, vb. II, to put on a veil, veil o.s.: t-stem of preceding, refl.