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
Born within the precincts of an ill-ventilated zenana, and cooped up in the cage of an uncongenial cell, she is destined to breathe her last in that unwholesome retreat.
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
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
Native women were soon studying medicine in order to bring an end to the superstitions of the zenana.
From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe
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
