mahaffah

English

Noun

mahaffah (plural mahaffahs)

1. Alternative form of mihaffa.
   • 1863, John Winter Jones & al. translating Ludovico di Varthema as The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema..., p. 33:

     The men ride on camels in certain wooden boxes,² in which they sleep and eat...
     ² The Shugduf, the Taktrawân, the Shibriyah, and the Mahaffah, vehicles of different construction, borne by camels, and used by the more wealthy pilgrims in making the Hajj.