Veil

Hindi Meaning

घूंघट

ओट

परदा

आवरण

नक़ाब

खोली

आच्छादन

ढंकना

ढकना

ढंक देना

छाना

English Meaning

  1. A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
  2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
  3. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
  4. The life or vows of a nun.
  5. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
  6. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
  7. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.
  8. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.
  9. To conceal or disguise.
  10. To wear a veil.