ze·na·na also za·na·na (z -nä n)n. The part of a house in Asian countries such as India and Pakistan reserved for the women of the household. [Hindi zen  na, from Persian, from zan, woman; see gwen- in Indo-European roots.] |
zenana [zɛˈnɑːnə]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (in the East, esp in Muslim and Hindu homes) part of a house reserved for the women and girls of a household
[from Hindi zanāna, from Persian, from zan woman]
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