purdah

Etymology


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Noun

 * 1)  A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
 * 2)  A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
 * 3)  The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
 * 4)  Keeping apart; isolation, seclusion; also, concealment, secrecy.
 * 5)  The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
 * 6)  A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
 * 1)  The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
 * 2)  Keeping apart; isolation, seclusion; also, concealment, secrecy.
 * 3)  The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
 * 4)  A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
 * 1)  The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
 * 2)  A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
 * 1)  A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
 * 1)  A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.

Usage notes
As regards sense 2.4, the use of a term that refers to the practice of secluding women to mean a pre-election period in the United Kingdom is regarded by some people as offensive.

Translations

 * Hindi:
 * Persian:
 * Urdu: پردہ


 * Malay: purdah
 * Marathi: पडदा


 * Bengali:
 * Esperanto: purdaho
 * Georgian: ფარდა
 * German: Parda
 * Hindi: पर्दा प्रथा
 * Japanese: パルダ
 * Korean: 퍼다
 * Persian: پرده‌کردن
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пурда
 * Sinhalese: පර්ඩර්
 * Tamil: பர்தா
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: пурда


 * Sinhalese: පර්ඩර්

Noun

 * 1) veil for a woman's face