zenana
Example Sentences
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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
One day he came earlier to the zenana, and found his consort reading something.
From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath
Word comes from the zenana that it is a girl.
From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby
Hence in 1866 zenana missions were organized by English women doctors and missionaries.
From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe
It was when he went into the zenana.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
