See purdah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"masculine"
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"word": "पर्दा"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "parde",
"sense": "curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people",
"word": "پرده"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "parda",
"sense": "curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "پردہ"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies",
"word": "purdah"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "paḍdā",
"sense": "long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies",
"word": "पडदा"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "porda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "পর্দা"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "purdaho"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "parda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "ფარდა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "Parda"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pardā prathā",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "पर्दा प्रथा"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "パルダ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peoda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "퍼다"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "پردهکردن"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "purda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пурда"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парда"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пурда"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "parḍar",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "පර්ඩර්"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "partā",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "பர்தா"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "perde"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "purda",
"sense": "situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people in some Muslim and Hindu traditions",
"word": "пурда"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "parḍar",
"sense": "period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion",
"word": "පර්ඩර්"
}
],
"word": "purdah"
}
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