parda

The New York Times recently published a guide sending up the British election ( "the period between dissolution and Election Day is known as PURDAH - a term derived from the Urdu word for curtain or veil, 'parda'"), but such coverage is increasingly irrelevant.

New Statesman Andrew Stephen 2010

The New York Times recently published a guide sending up the British election ( "the period between dissolution and Election Day is known as PURDAH - a term derived from the Urdu word for curtain or veil, 'parda'"), but such coverage is increasingly irrelevant.

New Statesman Andrew Stephen 2010

'parda' (screen) between him and heaven; and no dome was thrown over the building in consequence.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822

In contemporary India, though, where many women are still in parda, veiled, it's still rare for the India film censors not to snip any scene in a Bollywood movie that shows a couple kissing.

Katherine Russell Rich: Sex And The City Of Delhi 2009

The basic element in Chitrali sitar is its ‘middle string’ that goes under the fourth parda from above; it is known as ‘parda-e-saaz’ in local music terminology.

Chitrali Sitar--The Mystic Musical Instrument 2009

The index and middle fingers of the left hand are placed on the parda [frets] moving up and down in harmony with the strumming of the strings.

Chitrali Sitar--The Mystic Musical Instrument 2009

The thin wooden body or ‘ghazdar’ contains 13 sweet sounding parda or frets fixed at appropriate places by skilled sitar makers.

Chitrali Sitar--The Mystic Musical Instrument 2009

Descripción de una nueva especie europea de rana parda (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) Rv. Alites 11.

Pyrenees-Mont Perdu, France and Spain 2008

A never ending parda that they must keep firing upon, minute by minute or else they are doomed.

Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth! 2006

The highlight of the festivities was arranging an open-air movie show on the ‘parda’.

Diwali – Then and Now ! Abodh 2006