barakoa

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barakoa

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Borrowed from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

noun barakoa

class ix mask, face covering
class ix veil
Similar: ukaya, veli

In English

mask cover for the face
burqa female garment that covers the whole body

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"barakoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/barakoa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"barakoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/barakoa.

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@misc{barakoa_2026,
  title = {barakoa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/barakoa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}