purdah
Kelime Anlamı :
1. kadınların taktıkları örtü.
2. kaçgöç (hint).
3. peçe (hint).
4. peçe.
5. gizlenme/peçe.
6. kadınların örtünme usulü.
Tanımlar :
1.
A curtain or screen, used mainly in india to keep women separate from men or strangers.
2. the hindu or muslim system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.
3. social seclusion: "never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah” ( D. Keith Mano).
2. the hindu or muslim system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.
3. social seclusion: "never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah” ( D. Keith Mano).
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some hindu or muslim traditions.
2. A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
3. A long veil, or other all-enveloping clothing, worn by women in some muslim societies.
4. the state or system of social gender seclusion in some muslim or hindu communities.
5. the time between the announcement and holding of an election, during which any governmental activities that may be construed as potentially benefiting or promoting a specific political party or prospective candidate are halted or suspended.
6. the period after plans have been prepared but before the chancellor of the exchequer's annual budget is announced, when he refrains from discussing any matters which have relevance to the forthcoming budget.
2. A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
3. A long veil, or other all-enveloping clothing, worn by women in some muslim societies.
4. the state or system of social gender seclusion in some muslim or hindu communities.
5. the time between the announcement and holding of an election, during which any governmental activities that may be construed as potentially benefiting or promoting a specific political party or prospective candidate are halted or suspended.
6. the period after plans have been prepared but before the chancellor of the exchequer's annual budget is announced, when he refrains from discussing any matters which have relevance to the forthcoming budget.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in india, to screen with a purdah.
2. in india, a curtain.
3. A curtain screening women of superior rank from the sight of men and from contact with strangers.
4. hence — the kind of seclusion in which such women live, constituting a mark of rank.
5. the material of which the curtain is made; especially, a fine kind of matting, or a cotton cloth woven in white and blue stripes.
2. in india, a curtain.
3. A curtain screening women of superior rank from the sight of men and from contact with strangers.
4. hence — the kind of seclusion in which such women live, constituting a mark of rank.
5. the material of which the curtain is made; especially, a fine kind of matting, or a cotton cloth woven in white and blue stripes.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia