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ze⋅na⋅na

  [zuh-nah-nuh]
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–noun (in India)
1. the part of the house in which the women and girls of a family are secluded.
2. its occupants collectively.
Also, zanana.

Origin:
1755–65; < Hindi < Pers zanāna, female, pertaining to women, adj. deriv. of zan woman; c. Skt jani woman, wife, Gk gyn, OCS žena, OE cwēn woman, wife; see queen
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ze·na·na also za·na·na   (zə-nä'nə)   
n.  The part of a house in Asian countries such as India and Pakistan reserved for the women of the household.

[Hindi zenāna, from Persian, from zan, woman; see gwen- in Indo-European roots.]
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