برقع

See also: ترفع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ر ق ع (b-r-q-ʿ), originally referring to a blaze or patch on a face of a horse near its eyes, then to a hooded-horse blanket for its covering of the same places; by extension any covering. Connected to the root ر ق ع (r-q-ʿ), meaning "to patch", "to cover with fabric", "to adjoin patches like a quilt", "an odd patch or mark of a different color"; the four-letter root being augmented likely with بِ (bi, with): "a horse with a patch (on its face)".

Noun

بُرْقُع (burquʿ) m (plural بَرَاقِع (barāqiʿ))

  1. burqa, burka
  2. cover
  3. veil
  4. yashmak
  5. curtain
  6. hooded-horse blanket

Declension

Verb

بَرْقَعَ (barqaʿa) Iq, non-past يُبَرْقِعُ‎ (yubarqiʿu)

  1. to envelop
  2. to cover
  3. to veil
  4. to enshroud
  5. to conceal
  6. to wear feminine clothing
  7. (said of a male) to be effeminate, to be a catamite

Conjugation

References


Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʿ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burɡuʕ/

Noun

بُرقُع • (burguʿ) m

(plural بَراقِع ‎(barāgiʿ))
  1. face cover
  2. niqab
  3. yashmak

Synonyms


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʿ).

Noun

برقع (borqa‘)

  1. burqa, burka
  2. veil
  3. mask

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian برقع, from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʿ).

Noun

برقع (burqa‘) m (Hindi spelling बुरक़ा)

  1. burqa, burka
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