Mohaffa

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of mihaffa. alt-of, alternative

    "Now perform the religious ceremonies; array me in new and delicate cloathing; perfume me with coſtly eſſences; and, having placed me and the phyſician in a mohaffa,ᶜ throw over it an embroidered covering."

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"Now perform the religious ceremonies; array me in new and delicate cloathing; perfume me with coſtly eſſences; and, having placed me and the phyſician in a mohaffa,ᶜ throw over it an embroidered covering."

Etymology

From Hindi मुहाफ़ा (muhāfā) and Urdu محافہ (muḥāfa), from Persian محافه (miḥâfah) and Arabic مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa), related to Arabic حَفَّ (ḥaffa, “to enclose, to border”).

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