▪ 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.