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UK
/pˈɜːdɐ/
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NOUN
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
- a state of social isolation
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
How To Use purdah In A Sentence
- He kept his daughters in virtual purdah.
- The women in the village live in purdah.
- Phil struggled to get back to reality after his purdah in the UK.
- It was election purdah at the time so the concordat was not released.
- It tractive off a faceted that mistranslation a maigre of fired fugue vividly the fumigation and synaesthetic avalokitesvara dictamnus from shoreward hausmannite on two purdah platonism. Rational Review
- We hold separate gatherings in our home and observe purdah as much as possible so it isn't that we're looking for any way possible to go against the commandments of Allah.
- Behind Dalip's throne hung a fine lace curtain, the purdah of his mother, the Maharani — it being the custom of quality Indian ladies to seclude themselves, when they ain't belly-dancing at orgies, that is. Flashman and the Mountain of Light
- For example, women do not practice purdah, or seclusion.
- It represents a small assault on the bastion of purdah.
- It seems unlikely that they will all go off on holiday for the duration of the election campaign or adopt the equivalent of the ministerial purdah.
