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Welsh
Etymology
From English zenana, from Hindustani ज़नाना (zanānā) / زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian زنانه (zanāna, “womanly”), from زن (zan, “woman”). Doublet of benywaidd (“female”) and menyw (“woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
senana m (not mutable)
- zenana part of the house reserved for women in India and Iran
- zenana Baptist women's missionary movement
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “senana”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies