English

frumka

Blend of frum + burqa.

A blend of frum + burqa

Proto-Indo-European *pr- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *frumô

Old High German fruma ‘benefit’

Middle High German vrume ‘efficient, good, righteous’

Yiddish פֿרום ‘pious’

English frum

Arabic بُرْقُع ‘cover’

Classical Persian بُرْقَع

English burqa

Today it means

noun A burqa worn by a Jewish woman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.