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purdah

pur·dah

UK/ˈpɜːdə/ US/-dɑː/ uncommon obsolete rare uk

noun

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a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani پردہ / पर्दा (pardā), and its etymon Classical Persian پرده (pardah, “curtain; screen; (archaic) veil”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of patka.

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