पर्देनशीन pardēnaśhīn

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

fa · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Veiled, maintaining a veil.

Usual translation

  1. those who wear veils
  2. behind a veil

Origin of the definition

नशीन naśhīn (hindi)

A suffix denoting one who sits.

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.

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Created
Monday 9 December 2024
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Monday 9 December 2024