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purdah
noun
(pur-dah)
seclusion of women from public observation among Muslims and some Hindus especially in India
purdah
noun
(pur-dah)
a state of seclusion or concealment
purdah
idiom
(pur-dah)
to follow the 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
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