Afghanistan Fashion Jewellery Collection 89

Afghanistan Fashion Jewelry Collection.

By Aamir mannan. 

This article is about the Muslim religious garment. For other uses, see Burka.

For the mask covering eyebrows and upper lip used in the United Arab Emirates and nearby countries (Burqa برقع شرق الجزيرة العربية), see List of types of sartorial hijab.

Detail of the head and upper torso portions of a silk burqa

Two Afghan women in burqas.

Pilgrims performing Tawaf (circumambulating the Kaaba) during a Hajj

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A burqa (Urdu: بُرقع‎), (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbʊrqʊʕ, ˈbʊrqɑʕ]a (also transliterated burkha, bourkha, burka or burqu' from Arabic: برقع‎ burquʻ or burqaʻ), also known as chadri or paranja in Central Asia) is an

enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public.

The face-veiling portion is usually a rectangular piece of semi-transparent cloth with its top edge attached to a portion of the head-scarf so that the veil hangs down covering the face and can be turned up if the woman wishes to reveal her face. In other styles, the niqāb of the veil is attached by one side, and covers the face only below the eyes, allowing the eyes to be seen.

Burqa is an Arabized Persian word of purda (parda) meaning curtain and veil, which have the same meaning in Persian.[1]