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purdah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purdah 
  n  1:  a  state  of  social  isolation  [syn:  {solitude}] 
  2:  the  Hindu  or  Moslem  system  of  keeping  women  secluded  [syn:  {sex 
  segregation}] 
  3:  a  screen  used  in  India  to  separate  women  from  men  or 
  strangers 




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