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Significados de purdah en inglés

portugués
solidão
catalán
solitud
español
soledad

A state of social isolation.

        soledad
        ruso
        пурда
        portugués
        purdah
        español
        pardah
        catalán
        purdah

        A religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia.

              pardah

              The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded.

                    Uso de purdah en inglés
                    1
                    He always went into purdah for three weeks after a new Finance Act.'
                    Travels With My Aunt
                    2
                    This radical innovation -bicycling -it did damage the institution of purdah.
                    Edge of Infinity
                    3
                    Men and women can meet outside of the purdah, when they ride on bicycles.
                    Edge of Infinity
                    4
                    She was other than they were; out of purdah; out of caste; a being apart.
                    Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
                    5
                    The Treasury said this was because the UK is in purdah before the general election.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    A strange place to meet one of the purdah-nashin (veiled women) he muttered.
                    The ninth vibration and other stories
                    7
                    There are certainly many disadvantages in the purdah system.
                    Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
                    8
                    We who have done away with our purdah should not be stumbling blocks to others.
                    Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
                    9
                    Peshawar lies in the highly conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where strict purdah is observed.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    The purdah system has done much to maintain the honor and respect of the higher class ladies.
                    Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
                    11
                    The Freshman Class had a spirited discussion as to the benefits and evils of the purdah system.
                    Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
                    12
                    Freedom does not mean simply coming out of purdah and taking undue advantage and misuse of liberty.
                    Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
                    13
                    Any rudeness, any act of dishonour, provoked endless feral scheming within the airlocked hothouse of their purdah.
                    Edge of Infinity
                    14
                    The purdah is good-ifyou know how to make use of it and not be ruled by it.
                    Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
                    15
                    But he would not, and the woman slipped like a shadow behind the purdah and no word said.
                    The ninth vibration and other stories
                    16
                    So the purdah fell about her.
                    The ninth vibration and other stories
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                    Translations for purdah
                    portugués
                    solidãopurdah
                    Purdah a través del tiempo