purdah
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PURDAH
Pur "dah, n. Etym: [Per. parda a curtain. ]
pur dah |ˈpərdə ˈpərdə | ▶noun 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 never required them to observe purdah | she was supposed to be in purdah upstairs. • a curtain used for screening off women in this way. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Urdu and Persian parda ‘veil, curtain. ’
purdah |ˈpəːdə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means of a curtain: he never required them to observe purdah | she was supposed to be in purdah upstairs. • [ count noun ] a curtain used for the purpose of purdah. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Urdu and Persian parda ‘veil, curtain ’.
pur dah /pə́ː r də, -dɑː /名詞 U (インドなどで )女性を人目に触れさせないようにする習慣 ; C (人目に触れぬための )ベール .