1847 M. M. Sherwood in (1854) xxi. 356 Amina was..particularly dark for a purdah walla, or one, according to the Eastern custom, who is supposed always to sit behind a purdah, or curtain.
1919 in (Govt. India) (1920) IV. i. 249/1 I appealed to them saying that I had my purdahwalla family inside and not to disturb us.