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The Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded
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purdah
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Purdah or pardah (from Persian : پرده, meaning "curtain") is a religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim communities in South Asia . The variation of purdah worn by Hindu women is known as Ghoonghat . It takes two forms: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purdah \Pur"dah\, n. [Per. parda a curtain.] A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains. --McElrath.
WordNet
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n. a state of social isolation [syn: solitude ] the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded [syn: sex segregation ] a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1800, from Urdu and Persian pardah "veil, curtain," from Old Persian pari "around, over" (from PIE *per- (1); see per- ) + da- "to place", from PIE *dhe- "to set, put" (see factitious ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A cavalier attitude to purdah was one thing; for a woman to be seen exposing her nether regions quite another. ▪ Here on the dang strict purdah is impractical and everyone understands this, brothers-in-law included. ▪ It represents ...
Usage examples of purdah.
As soon as they came near the border, Ram Das suggested that Helen should now wear the shalwar kameeze of a northern Indian Muslim woman and travel in purdah and he purchased a green tunic, embroidered in gold, matching trousers and a black Burka that covered her from head to toe - a stifling, but even more effective camouflage.
Close to the spot where the maharanee had halted were some hangings of brocade arranged, as we understood later, so that the seated and veiled figure of a woman might observe the brilliant pageantry of the day from the privacy of this purdah.
The female hold on male sexual pleasure, on life itself—these were realities for patriarchs as much as anyone, despite all their repression, their fear of the female which had been expressed in so many ways, purdah, clitoridectomy, foot binding and so on—ugly stuff indeed, a desperate ruthless last-ditch defense, successful for a time, certainly—but now blown away without a trace.
It stopped, and she drew the curtains and handed out the Maharani Jeendan: she was all in shimmering white, and although she wore a gauzy purdah veil I believe I'd have recognised that hourglass figure anywhere.
But it was impossible to prevent Mabel's knowing of my nightly visits to her father's bungalow, and what went on there in consequence, and I have little doubt she often witnessed scenes of joy, in which she burned to play her part, from behind the purdah.
Then the king goes again to where the idol is, and as soon as he is inside they lift the curtains[441] of the room, which are made like the purdahs of a tent, and the king seats himself there where these are, and they lift them all.