senana

Welsh

Etymology

From English zenana, from Hindustani ज़नाना (zanānā) / زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian (zanāna, “womanly”), from (zan, “woman”). Doublet of benywaidd (“female”) and menyw (“woman”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɛˈnana/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /zɛˈna(ː)na/
Rhymes: -ana

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

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