booɣlá

Phalura

Etymology

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Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ)bor.

Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa')der.?

Phalura booɣlá

Possibly from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), borrowed from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /booɣlá/

Noun

booɣlá m (Perso-Arabic spelling بوغلہ)

1. (Islam) burqa, hijab

Inflection

Declension of booɣlá (ee-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	booɣlá	booɣleé
oblique	booɣlá	booɣleém

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “booɣlá”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN