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

Word comes from the zenana that it is a girl.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

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

The man’s shrill voice betokened his calling, and Frank knew that he was standing at the entrance to the zenana.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

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