/ze nah"neuh/ , n. (in India)
1. the part of the house in which the women and girls of a family are secluded.
2. its occupants collectively.
[ 1755-65; zanana, female, pertaining to women, adj. deriv. of zan woman; c. Skt jani woman, wife, Gk gyné, OCS zena, OE cwen woman, wife; see QUEEN ]