purdah

n. 窗帘, 帷幕

pur.dah

n.（名词）


A curtain or screen, used mainly in India to keep women separate from men or strangers.
帘，帷幕：主要用来使妇女与男子或陌生人分离开来的窗帘或屏幕
The Hindu or Moslem system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.
深闺制度：尤指使妇女处于隔离状态的印度或穆斯林的性隔离系统
Social seclusion:
社会性的隔离：
例句：
.Never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah.(D. Keith Mano)
.艺术家们从来没有更与世隔离过：他们过度的赞誉、金钱及吸毒使他们进入奢华的与世隔离状态.(D.基思·曼诺)


来源：
Urdu pardah [veil]
乌尔都语 pardah [面纱]
from Persian pardah
源自 波斯语 pardah
from Middle Persian pardak
源自 中古波斯语 pardak
from Old Persian *paridaka-
源自 古波斯语 *paridaka-
from pari-d3- [to place over]
源自 pari-d3- [置于…之上]
pari [around, over] * see per
pari [周围，上面] *参见 per
d3- [to place] * see dhô-
d3- [放置] *参见 dhô-