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

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

“Did you not tell me that Nur Mahal inhabits that portion of the zenana situate over the Water Gate?”

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

One day he came earlier to the zenana, and found his consort reading something.

From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath