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Definition of "zenanas" []

  • Plural form of zenana. (noun)

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Use "zenanas" in a sentence
  • "Why, they might be mouth-organs for anything any one will know, or some costly instruments from the far-off East, like they play to sultans in zenanas."
  • "If the amirs wished to drink, they did so in their homes, in the safety of their zenanas —even the public houses had been shut."
  • "They were considered to have special powers because of its third-gender status and enjoyed a proud place in Indian society, gaining trusted positions in royal courts protecting the nobility's harems or zenanas."