پردہ

See also: پرده and برده

Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian پرده.

Noun

پردہ • (parda) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਦਾ)

1. curtain
2. screen
3. veil

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پرده (parda), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.d̪ɑː/

Noun

پَرْدَہ • (pardah) m (Hindi spelling पर्दा)

1. veil, cover
2. curtain
3. modesty
4. concealment, secrecy

Declension

Declension of پردہ
	singular	plural
direct	پردَہ (pardah)	پردے (parde)
oblique	پردے (parde)	پردوں (pardõ)
vocative	پردے (parde)	پردو (pardo)

Descendants

• → English: purdah

References

• “پردہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پردہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.