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PURDAH (Pers. parda)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 659 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PURDAH (Pers. parda)  , the
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curtain which screens
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women from the sight of men in Eastern countries; a
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purdah-nashin is a woman who sits behind the curtain . The
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term has passed into
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common Anglo-
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Indian usage, and to " lift the purdah " means to reveal a
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secret .

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