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purdah
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purdah
(noun)
purdah
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ˈ
pɚdə/
noun
purdah
/
ˈ
pɚdə/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PURDAH
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a custom among Muslims and some Hindus in which women stay separate from men or keep their faces and bodies covered when they are near men
Most of the women
keep purdah
. [=live according to the rules of purdah]
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