Hyphenation of purdah

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word purdah? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pur-dah

Definitions of purdah:

1.	A state of social isolation
2.	The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
3.	A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

Synonyms of purdah:

noun	solitude, isolation
noun	sex segregation, segregation, separatism
noun	screen

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.