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noun
Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Central-Asia, East, India, Middle, historical
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noun
Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, historical
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History
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”).
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