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

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

Here the seclusion of the Turkish harem and the Hindoo zenana does not exist, and the women are probably the freest, most independent of the women of the East.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

The zenana is that portion of the palace which only the rajah and his wives may enter.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

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 Day, Lal Behari