# mihaffa

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.
2. Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mihaffa