бурка

• IPA^(key): [ˈburkə]

бу́рый (búryj) +‎ -ка (-ka)

бу́рка • (búrka) f anim (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. a liver chestnut horse (a horse with a dark reddish or reddish-brown coat)

Disputed.

• According to Vasmer, from Etymology 1, i.e. бу́рый (búryj, “brown”) +‎ -ка (-ka), referring to the garment's color.
• According to Shansky, ultimately from Persian [script needed] (bärk, “shoulder, shoulder blade”) via the intermediary of one of the languages of the Caucasus and influenced by the Russian term бу́рый (búryj); alternatively, but less likely, from a Turkic source, cf. Turkish börk (“felt hat”) and Turkish bürümek (“to wrap”).

бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. burka (male garment from the Caucasus)
2. (usually in the plural) a felt boot with a leather sole

бури́ть (burítʹ, “to bore, to drill”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. blasthole (the hole into which an explosive charge is inserted for blasting rock)

   Hypernym: шпур (špur)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бурка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бурка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 231

• IPA^(key): /bûːrka/

бу̑рка f (Latin spelling bȗrka)

1. burka, burqa (female garment that covers the whole body)
2. burka (male garment from the Caucasus)