Purdah
PURDAH (Pers. parda), the curtain which screens women from the sight of men in Eastern countries; a purdah-nashin is a woman who sits behind the curtain. The term has passed into common Anglo-Indian usage, and to " lift the purdah " means to reveal a secret.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
