Usually means: Full-body covering, Islamic tradition.
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  1. burka: Merriam-Webster
  2. burka: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burka: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burka: Vocabulary.com
  5. Burka, burka: Wordnik
  6. burka: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. burka: Wiktionary
  8. burka: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. burka: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. burka: Dictionary.com
  11. burka: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Burka (Caucasus), Burka (disambiguation), Burka (surname), Burka: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. burka: Rhymezone
  14. burka: FreeDictionary.org
  15. burka: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. burka: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. burka: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. burka: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See burkas as well.)

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noun:  A Central Asian garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women.
noun:  A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region.

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