A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
A practice of confining women to their homes. This total seclusion of females can occur in some Muslim countries.
An Urdu word meaning "seclusion". It is an equivalent of the Arabic word " ijab". Refers to the seclusion of women from strangers. There are different stages of purdah, the highest of which is that the woman should not come out of her home except for a valid Islamic reason.
seclusion of Muslim women from public view (lit. curtains)
Custom of keeping women and men apart. Opposed by Guru Amar Das
the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
a curtain or room used to shield women from strangers; the Indian system of secluding high-caste women from public view
Purdah or Pardaa (Persian/Urdu: پردÛ, Hindi: परà¥à¤¦à¤¾ literally meaning "curtain") is the practice of preventing men from seeing women. This takes two forms: physical segregation of the sexes and requiring women to cover their bodies so as to cover their skin and conceal their form. Purdah is evident in the Islamic world and in India.
