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purdah
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun
purdah
has 3 senses
purdah
(n = noun.state)
solitude
- a state of social isolation;
is a kind of
isolation
purdah
(n = noun.group)
sex segregation
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded;
is a kind of
segregation
,
separatism
purdah
(n = noun.artifact)
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers;
is a kind of
screen
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CIDE DICTIONARY
purdah
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n.
[Per.
parda
a curtain.].
A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
McElrath.
[
1913 Webster
]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
purdah
, n. Ind.
1 a system in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from strangers by means of a veil or curtain.
2 a curtain in a house, used for this purpose.
Etymology
Urdu & Pers. pardah veil, curtain
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