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purdah
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[ˈpəːdə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means of a curtain
(e.g: he never required them to observe purdah)
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Origin
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early 17th century: from Urdu and Persian parda ‘veil, curtain’
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