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Definition of Purdah

Purdah
Purdah Pur"dah, n. [Per. parda a curtain.] A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains. --McElrath.

Meaning of Purdah from wikipedia

- Pardah or purdah (from Hindi-Urdu پردہ, पर्दा, meaning "curtain") is a religious and social practice of gender partition prevalent among some Muslim and...
- Purdah (/ˈpɜːrdə/) is the period in the United Kingdom between the announcement of an election and the formation of the new elected government. It affects...
- Purdah is an independent do****entary film directed by Jeremy Guy, starring Kaikasha Mirza, Saba Mirza, and Al Heena Mirza. The title, Purdah, refers to...
- Budget purdah, in the United Kingdom, is the period after plans have been prepared but before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual budget is announced...
- guests and men are called the mardana. Conceptually in those that practise purdah, it is the Indian subcontinent's equivalent of the harem. Christian missionaries...
- Second Lady of India). She was the spouse of Zakir Husain. She observed purdah as a strict Muslim, and therefore kept a low profile. "Women were a Power...
- in India, noted especially for the depiction of Muslim women behind the purdah. Born in Rourkela, and growing up in Hyderabad, Anees Jung is from an aristocratic...
- Look up parda, pardah, purda, or purdah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Parda may refer to: Lablab purpureus, a species of bean L-DOPA, a chemical...
- meaning of "purdah" is, as already noted, "a curtain." In rural Rajasthan for a woman to observe purdah (in Hindi, pardā rakhnā, "to keep purdah"; pardā karnā...
- 233) Kumkum Chatterjee. "Purdah". In Colin Blakemore; Sheila Jennett (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Body. p. 570. Purdah [...] refers to the various...