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Purdah
/ˈpəːdɑː/
A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions.
📖 Definitions of "Purdah"
noun
- 1
A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions.
- 2
A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
- 3
The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities.
- 4
A long veil, or other all-enveloping clothing, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
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