zanana
- a variation of zenana.
Example Sentences
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They had learned to tell the difference between the sonic signatures of the aircraft that fly overhead, making up names, onomatopoeia for the noises they make, like zanana and waziza, for the buzzing drones.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
At each end of the mosque there is a set of five rooms for the mullahs who conducted the service; above them are galleries for the ladies of the zanana.
From A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood by Havell, E. B.
The house which is named after him was originally enclosed within the precincts of the imperial zanana, and a covered way connected it with Jodh Bai's palace.
From A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood by Havell, E. B.
On either side of the mosque there is a small chamber for the ladies of the zanana, with a window filled with a carved marble grille looking on to the interior.
From A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood by Havell, E. B.
Though on a much smaller scale, it is of the same type as Akbar's splendid palace in the Agra Fort, and was evidently intended for one of the highest rank in the imperial zanana.
From A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood by Havell, E. B.
