purdah

A noun referring to the practice of secluding women from men or strangers, often associated with traditional Hindu or Muslim customs, or a screen used for this purpose.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la práctica de aislar a las mujeres de los hombres o de extraños, a menudo asociada con costumbres tradicionales hindúes o musulmanas, o la cortina o velo utilizado para ese fin.

1. Social isolation C1 formal

   A state of being kept apart from others, often for privacy or religious reasons.

   • She lived in purdah for many years, rarely leaving her home.
   • The widow observed purdah after her husband's death.
   • Purdah can be a form of social seclusion.

   🇪🇸Aislamiento social

   Sinónimos: isolationprivacyretirementseclusionsegregationsequestrationwithdrawal

   Antónimos: integrationinteractionminglingparticipationsocialization

2. System of female seclusion C1 formal

   The traditional practice in some Hindu and Muslim communities of keeping women secluded from men or strangers.

   • The practice of purdah was common in certain regions of India.
   • Women in purdah often wear veils when in public.
   • Purdah is a cultural tradition that restricts women's interactions.

   🇪🇸Purdah (reclusión femenina)

3. Screen or curtain C1 formal

   A physical screen or curtain used to separate women from men or strangers, especially in South Asian households.

   • A purdah was placed in the room to separate the women from the male guests.
   • The family used a decorative purdah to create privacy.
   • Behind the purdah, the women could observe the ceremony unseen.

   🇪🇸Cortina de purdah

   Sinónimos: curtaindraperypartitionscreenveil

• purdahs plural form
• purdahs' possessive plural form
• purdah's possessive singular form