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purdah

UK /ˈpəːdɑː/ | US /ˈpəːdɑː/

A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions.

purdah in 30 Sekunden

  • (noun) A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions.
  • (noun) A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
  • (noun) The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions.
  2. 2
    noun A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
  3. 3
    noun The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities.
  4. 4
    noun A long veil, or other all-enveloping clothing, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
  5. 5
    noun Secrecy, isolation.
  6. 6
    noun (UK politics) The period immediately before an election or referendum during which restrictions are in force on the activity of civil servants.
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