محفة

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ف ف (ḥ f f)
5 terms
Covered camel litters (مِحَفَّات) in Tunisia (1916)
Covered palanquin (محفة) in India (c. 1800)

Related to حَفَّ (ḥaffa, to enclose, to border).

Noun

مِحَفَّة (miḥaffaf (plural مِحَفَّات (miḥaffāt))

  1. (dated, chiefly historical) covered kajawah, howdah, or other animal litters for women
  2. (dated, chiefly historical) covered litter for women
  3. (chiefly historical) litter (a human-borne bed used for transport)
  4. litter, stretcher, gurney (a human-borne bed used for medical transport)
    Synonyms: حِدَاجَة (ḥidāja), نَقَّالَة (naqqāla), حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla)

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