mihaffa
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mihaffa
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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”).
noun mihaffas · mahafa · mahafah · mahaffa · mahaffah · mahaffee
- Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers. Shir Khān... alleged as a pretext that he had a large number of families with him, and having placed two thousand armed Afghāns in closed litters⁷ sent them towards the fort. 7 The Mihaffa is, as its name implies, a litter so closed in that the curtains surround on all sides the sitter upon it...
- Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers. Mohafa. This is the palanquin of rich females... it is entirely covered with a red lianging, and has no other ornament than a ball of copper at the top of the bambou... The Mohafa is carried by four servants, and attended by a number proportioned to the rank of the lady... Nevertheless the women who
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Talk about this word "mihaffa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mihaffa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mihaffa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mihaffa "mihaffa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mihaffa.Cite this
@misc{mihaffa_2026,
title = {mihaffa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mihaffa},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
