Lexicographical Neighbors of Pardahs
Literary usage of Pardahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Persia by a Persian: Being Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits by Isaac Adams (1906)
""The wadded curtains are called pardahs; these are sometimes made of woolen ...
"Besides the pardahs, the openings between the pillars have blinds neatly ..."
2. Report on the Punjab Exhibition, 1881-82 by Punjab (India). Secretariat (1883)
"Has had the advantage of special designs for pardahs from our local School of
Art, but the complete specimen exhibited by Gholam Hussain has been wretchedly ..."
3. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henry Yule, Henri Cordier (1903)
"Several of the articles named in the text, including pardahs (" cortines") are
woven in shawl- fabric. I scarcely think, however, that Marco would have ..."
4. Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and Essays by Monier Monier-Williams (1891)
"Add to this that the upper classes are cooped up behind pardahs or in the stagnant
atmosphere of Zananas. There they are prisoners in apartments set apart ..."
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