1. The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
   "Some conservative societies still practice purdah in certain public spaces"
    
2. A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
   "The traditional household maintained a purdah to ensure privacy for the women"
    
3. A state of social isolation
   "The women lived in purdah, separated from male society";
   - solitude

Derived forms: purdahs

Type of: isolation, screen, segregation, separatism

Encyclopedia: Purdah