برقع

العربية

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برقع

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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 potentially with بِ (bi, “with”) in the sense of "a horse with a patch (on its face)".

noun بُرْقُع · burquʕ · بَرَاقِع · الْبُرْقُع

cover
veil وَحَجَّبَتِ النَّوَى الظَّبَيَاتِ عَنِّي / فَسَاعَدَتِ الْبَرَاقِعَ وَٱلْحِجَالَا
yashmak
curtain
hooded-horse blanket

verb بَرْقَعَ · barqaʕa · يُبَرْقِعُ · بَرْقَعَة · مُبَرْقِع

to envelop
to cover
to veil
to enshroud
to conceal
to wear feminine clothing
said of a male to be effeminate, to be a catamite

In English

veil covering for a person or thing
burqa female garment that covers the whole body

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {برقع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}