Definition of Boorkas

1. Noun. (plural of boorka) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boorkas

1. boorka [n] - See also: boorka

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boorkas

boonies
boonless
boons
boop
boops
boor
boord
boorde
boordes
boords
boorish
boorishly
boorishness
boorishnesses
boorka
boorkas (current term)
boors
boortree
boortrees
booru
boos
boose
boosed
booser
boosers
booses
booshway
booshways
boosies

Literary usage of Boorkas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the war in Afghanistan by Sir John William Kaye (1851)
"... the balconies and terraces of the houses were filled with women wrapped in boorkas or long veils to see their Prince. A man, on the part of the Shah, ..."

2. Notes on the Caucasus by Elim Henry D'Avigdor (1883)
"... run great risk of being stolen if not put inside somewhere)—we spread our boorkas, or large felt cloaks, in the garden by the stream and went to sleep. ..."

3. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."

5. Inquiry concerning the site of ancient Palibothra by William Francklin (1815)
"the variety of their appearance and shapes gave an interest to the prospect: shortly after arrived at the boorkas, or hot springs, the sources of the Obee ..."

6. Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott ...: Edited, at by William Nott (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."

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