A-Z of Sport

[suzytrotter]

Last one of first section - A traditional gymnasium where the presence of women is religiously prohibited - possibly begins with the letter Z!!
Hope you can help - thanks

[teacher1]

zourkhaneh

[suzytrotter]

Thank you teacher1 how on earth did you know that?!! It's been puzzling me for a fortnight! Will sleep much better tonight now - thank you so much!

[ventpeg]

if you use Google Advanced Search - http://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?hl=en

and enter the two words 'traditional gynasium' ......

several sites come up using the word that you want ......

as this goes back to the Persians - there are more than one spelling of the Persian word ((Persian: زورخانه) for this traditional gynasium into English ......

eg Zurkhaneh or Zourkhaneh

this Wikepedia site tells you more -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zourkhaneh
look a little down the page!
{accuracy of Wike is suspect!}

this Iranian Artist's site spells the word as -

ZOORKHANEH

maybe more accurate?

the Iranian site also shows pictures of such a typical gym!

{I couldnt find the word in Chambers!}

[suzytrotter]

I am so impressed! Thank you again. Have a good weekend x