muhafa

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromحَفَّ“to enclose, to border”
2. Arabic · derived fromمِحَفَّة
3. Persian · derived fromمحافه
4. Urdu · borrowed fromمحافہ
5. Hindi · borrowed fromमुहाफ़ा
6. English todaymuhafa

From Hindi मुहाफ़ा (muhāfā) and Urdu محافہ (muḥāfa), from Persian محافه (miḥâfah) and Arabic مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa), related to Arabic حَفَّ (ḥaffa, “to enclose, to border”).

Words from the same roots