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

As Viceroy he was admitted to the zenana, though of course other men could not enter.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

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

Word comes from the zenana that it is a girl.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

For the attempts which have been made to modify and improve the Indian zenana system, see e.g. the reports of the Dufferin Association and other official publications.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various