Irene H. Barnes has written:

'Behind the pardah' -- subject(s): Zenana missions, Church of England. Zenana Missionary Society, Church of England, Missions, Church of England Zenana Missionary Society

A zenana (also zanana) is a harem on the Indian subcontinent, a part of the house reserved for high-caste women. It can also be used to refer to an effeminate or cross-dressing man in northern India or Pakistan.

A harem in the Ottoman Empire was typically housed in a separate section of a palace known as the Haremlik. In other cultures, the housing for a harem might be referred to as a seraglio or zenana.

A zenanah is another term for a zenana - a harem on the Indian subcontinent, a part of the house reserved for high-caste women. It can also be used to refer to an effeminate or cross-dressing man in northern India or Pakistan.

Zenana is an Indian word that is a harem on the Indian subcontinent, a part of the house reserved for high-caste women/women who are ranked highly in the Caste System; a system of segregating women into harems.