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
Now Champa Dal, having no wife, was in the habit of sleeping outside the zenana, and not far from the outer gate of the palace.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
Immured within the walls of a close zenana they are seldom suffered to enjoy such unrestrained liberty.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
She was a woman of immense activity and energy; and if she were absent one day from the palace, the affairs of the zenana would be in perfect disorder.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
As Viceroy he was admitted to the zenana, though of course other men could not enter.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers
