Crossword-Solution: PURDAH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Purdah | n. | A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PURDAH | anagram | HARDUP |
We have 19 clues for the answer “PURDAH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded | 1 answer |
| screen Persian | 1 answer |
| Social isolation | 1 answer |
| Persian screen | 1 answer |
| Muslim and Hindu custom of keeping women in seclusion | 1 answer |
| Hindu system of secluding women. | 1 answer |
| pardah | 2 answers |
| INDIAN curtain | 2 answers |
| HINDU curtain | 2 answers |
| gynaeceum | 4 answers |
| INDIAN screen | 4 answers |
| HINDU screen | 4 answers |
| womankind | 5 answers |
| zenana | 6 answers |
| Seraglio | 6 answers |
| Harem | 10 answers |
| hen party | 12 answers |
| home life | 27 answers |
| Curtain | 30 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AEETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PURDAH (5)
This had produced a violent revulsion towards the purdah system and the idea of a matrimonial alliance with Gunter Lake.
Now as the Princes stood by the purdah, a veiled woman, shrouded in white so that no shape could be seen in her, came forth from within, and kneeling upon the cushion, she unveiled her face bending until the mirror, like a pool of water, held it, and that only.
Wilt thou spare?” But he would not, and the woman slipped like a shadow behind the purdah and no word said.
From her face she raised the veil of gold Dakka webs, and gazed into the mirror, holding it high, and that Accursed stumbled back, blinded with beauty, saying this only,--“I have seen the Treasure of Chitor.” So the purdah fell about her.
The purdah rustled, and the speech was cut short by the entry of a little thin woman, with big rings round her eyes.
Quotes with PURDAH (3)
My husband was very eager to take me out of purdah. One day I said to him, "What do I want with the outside world?""The outside world may want you," he replied.
... my mind was consumed with the idea of purdah. From behind it no call for help could be heard. An abandoned species was trapped in a forbidden world. Everything corrupt happened under the shroud, when it was off a faceless and nameless woman appeared.
Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of purdah for Muslim women. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1960).