zenana

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The buzzing sound of UAVs has been ubiquitous in Gaza since 2006, and drones are called zenana, an Arabic word referring to the sound using the slang term for a nagging wife.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024

Woman in Burmah also is comparatively free, neither the zenana nor the veil prevailing there.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

Next morning he hears the magician, too honest by half, enquiring at the front door, with much expression of condolence, for the unfortunate young man who had lost his ropes in his own zenana.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

The progress made by some of them in the zenana is really very creditable, and challenges the commendation of all who have the elevation of native female character at heart.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder

The rajah receives the utterpan from his wife, of whom he may demand that the rose-water perfuming be performed in the zenana.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r