mohaffa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mo-haf-fa
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Meaning

noun

Alternative form of mihaffa.

Example Sentences

"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."
"In addition, imagine them to desire three riding horses, for which two extra camels would be needed to carry food and water; and a mohaffa camel, on which two men might be carried simultaneously, in panniers slung on either side of the animal. Half a dozen spare camels would have be taken along, in case some of those laden were to sicken or die, as well as an extra mohaffa camel—since, on account of the necessity of having a balanced load, the double mohaffa could never be divided between two camels."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: मुहाफ़ा, محافہ, محافه, مِحَفَّة, حَفَّ

Inflected Forms

mohaffas (plural)