khafd

K5H4A1F4D2

noun

female genital mutilation

OriginArabic خَفْض →
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Meanings

nounkhafd (uncountable)
  1. Arabicuncountablefemale genital mutilation

    "Khafd is a ceremony that will make you clean in the eyes of islam by circumcising your vagina," she explained. “I told the officials we are Christian,” she continued, “but it wasn't enough to dissuade the magistrate from requiring that you be circumcised."

    2022 March 8, Mariam Ibraheem, Eugene Bach, Shackled: One Woman's Dramatic Triumph Over Persecution, Gender Abuse, and a Death Sentence, Whitaker House, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
female genital mutilation

Origin

  1. Arabicخَفْض
  2. Englishkhafd

From Arabic خَفْض (ḵafḍ).

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APA

khafd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khafd

MLA

“khafd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khafd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “khafd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/khafd.

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