anderoonn.
The apartments of a (Persian) harem; also, any inner room of a house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > private or inner room
bowerc1000
chamber?c1225
privy chambera1382
closeta1387
closera1400
conclavea1400
wardrobea1400
cell?1440
garderobe?c1450
retreatc1500
parlour1561
cabinet1565
cabin1594
in-room?1615
recamera1622
sanctum sanctorum1707
adytum1800
snuggery1812
sulking-room1816
sanctum1819
anderoon1840
inner sanctum1843
thalamus1850
growlery1853
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > for women of household
seraglio1581
serail1585
harem1634
gynaeceum1723
zenana1761
serai1813
anderoon1840
haremlik?1850
gynaeconitis1855
terem1898
1840 Savile in New Monthly Mag. 58 189 In the anderoon..sat Khodadad, in sweet converse with his beloved Semira.
1842 Thackeray Sultan Stork (1887) 7 The ladies they kept so secretly in the anderoon.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 July 2/1 The household gathering outside the anderoon till the Shah emerges.
1934 F. Stark Valleys of Assassins iii. 213 An inner anderun where the women slept.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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