mihaffa

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.

   “Shir Khān... alleged as a pretext that he had a large number of families with him, and having placed two thousand armed Afghāns in closed litters⁷ sent them towards the fort. 7 The Mihaffa is, as its name implies, a litter so closed in that the curtains surround on all sides the sitter upon it...”

2. isim Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers.

   “The Levirate marriage... expenses are borne by the bridegroom, and the bride is carried with much parade in a palanquin, enclosed with curtains (Mihaffa).”