Meaning

noun a state of social isolation

noun the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded

noun a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

originBorrowed from Hindustani پردہ / पर्दा (pardā), and its etymon Classical Persian پرده (pardah, “curtain; screen; (archaic) veil”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of patka.

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