名詞 purdah:

1. a state of social isolation
   同義詞：solitude
2. the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
   同義詞：sex segregation
3. a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

pur.dah

n.（名詞）

A curtain or screen, used mainly in India to keep women separate from men or strangers.
簾，帷幕：主要用來使婦女與男子或陌生人分離開來的窗簾或屏幕
The Hindu or Moslem system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.
深閨制度：尤指使婦女處于隔離狀態(tài)的印度或穆斯林的性隔離系統(tǒng)
Social seclusion:
社會性的隔離：
例句：
.Never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah.(D. Keith Mano)
.藝術(shù)家們從來沒有更與世隔離過：他們過度的贊譽、金錢及吸毒使他們進入奢華的與世隔離狀態(tài).(D.基思·曼諾)

來源：
Urdu pardah [veil]
烏爾都語 pardah [面紗]
from Persian pardah
源自 波斯語 pardah
from Middle Persian pardak
源自 中古波斯語 pardak
from Old Persian *paridaka-
源自 古波斯語 *paridaka-
from pari-d3- [to place over]
源自 pari-d3- [置于…之上]
pari [around, over] * see per
pari [周圍，上面] *參見 per
d3- [to place] * see dhô-
d3- [放置] *參見 dhô-