purdah
pronunciation
How to pronounce purdah in British English:
UK [ˈpɜ:də]
How to pronounce purdah in American English:
US [ˈpɜrdə]
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- Noun:
- a state of social isolation
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
Word Origin
- purdah (n.)
- 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).
Example
- 1. I know I can not get out of this lonely because I like the kind of despair of the beautiful , like a day in the bustle of the city 's coat stripped impetuous , purdah in the quiet possession of the loneliness a little bit of their own .