Definition of Purdeh
Pur"dah (?), n. [Per. parda a
curtain.] A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and
white stripes, used for curtains. McElrath.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the state or system of social gender seclusion
- a screen used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in Hindu or Muslim traditions
- a striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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