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Purdah

noun
1.
A state of social isolation.  Synonym: solitude.
2.
The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded.  Synonym: sex segregation.
3.
A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers.





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"Purdah" Quotes from Famous Books



... guest, and we let him go. Run by his missus really, I think. Why can't she stop at home and hammer windows? They say she went and asked the Begum of Bhopal to join her in a 'mission and crusade'. Teach the Zenana Woman and Purdah Lady to Come Forth instead of Bring Forth. Come Forth and smash windows. Probably true. Silly Goslings. Drop 'em.... What did you think of our bowling yesterday? With anything like a wicket your ...
— Driftwood Spars - The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who - Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life • Percival Christopher Wren


Words linked to "Purdah" :   screen, segregation, separatism, sex segregation, isolation


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