पर्दा pardā

परदा paradā parda: (nm) a curtain; screen; veil; privacy; (ear) drum; surface (as दुनिया का परदा). ~नशीन veiled, maintaining a veil; hence ~नशीनी (nf).

P پرده parda, s.m. A curtain, screen, cover, veil, anything which acts as a screen, a wall, hangings, tapestry; film, fine web, pellicle, lid (of the eye); drum (of the ear); sail (of a ship); the piece which covers the chest in an angarkhā or coat; the surface of the earth; secrecy, privacy, modesty; seclusion, concealment; secret, mystery, reticence, reserve; screen, shelter, pretext, pretence; a musical tone or mode; a note of the gamut; the frets of a guitar, &c. parda-nishīn, adj. & s.f. Kept, or remaining, behind a curtain; modest; — a woman who is kept concealed behind a curtain.