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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 See also:curtain which screens See also:women from the sight of men in Eastern countries; a purdah-nashin is a woman who sits behind the curtain. The See also:term has passed into See also:common Anglo-See also:Indian usage, and to " lift the purdah " means to reveal a See also:secret.

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