मिग़फ़र

Hindi

मिग़्फ़र wore on the head

Alternative forms

• मिगफर (miġfar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مغفر (miğfar)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɪɣ.fəɾ/, [mɪɣ.fɐɾ], /mɪɡ.pʰəɾ/, [mɪɡ.pʰɐɾ]

Noun

मिग़फ़र • (miġfar) m (Urdu spelling مغفر)

1. mighfar (mail or network of steel worn under the helmet as a protection for neck, face)
   • 2005, Prajñā-bhāratī‎^[1], volume 11, K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute:

     मिगफर (चेहरे की सुरक्षा के लिए)

     migphar (cehre kī surakṣā ke lie)

     mighfar (for the protection of face)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “migfar”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.