برقع

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See also: ترفع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ر ق ع (b-r-q-ʕ), 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-ʕ), 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 (burquʕm (plural بَرَاقِع (barāqiʕ))

  1. cover
  2. veil
  3. yashmak
  4. curtain
  5. hooded-horse blanket

Declension

Verb

بَرْقَعَ (barqaʕa) Iq, non-past يُبَرْقِعُ‎ (yubarqiʕu)

  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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ)

Pronunciation

Noun

بُرقُع (burguʿm (plural بَراقِع ‎(barāgiʿ))

  1. face cover
  2. niqab
  3. yashmak

Synonyms


Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Noun

برقع (borqa‘)

  1. burqa, burka
  2. veil
  3. mask

Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian برقع (borqa'), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Noun

برقع (burqām (Hindi spelling बुरक़ा)

  1. burqa, burka