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   Pur·dah

   /ˈpərdə/

   

   noun

   • 1. the practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of the sight of men or strangers: "he required them to observe purdah"
   • ▪ a curtain used for screening off women.
   • ▪ a state of seclusion or secrecy: "the supermarket's own self-imposed purdah on the GM issue"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Urdu and Persian parda ‘veil, curtain’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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