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mihaffa

noun

Etymology

From Arabic مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa) directly and via Persian محافه (miḥâfah), Urdu محفہ (miḥaffa), and Hindi मिहफ़्फ़ा (mihaffā), related to Arabic حَفَّ (ḥaffa, “to enclose, to border”).

  1. borrowed from मिहफ़्फ़ा
  2. borrowed from محفہ
  3. borrowed from محافه
  4. borrowed from مِحَفَّة

Definitions

  1. Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.

    • ...ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Abuʾl-Ḥasan al-Bakrī (d. 952/1545–6), a rich ʿālim and a Sufi, wrote poetry. Shaʿrānī reports that he was the first to go on pilgrimage in a litter (miḥaffa).

  2. Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female…

    Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers.

    • The Levirate marriage... expenses are borne by the bridegroom, and the bride is carried with much parade in a palanquin, enclosed with curtains (Mihaffa).

The neighborhood

  • synonymjampanIndian covered litter

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