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baftae

baftae is the alternative form of bafta.

Meaning of bafta

Noun

bafta (countable and uncountable, plural baftas)

  1. A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
    • But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171
  2. An imitation of this fabric.

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Forms of baftae

pluralbaftaes

Questions about baftae

What is baftae the alternative form of?
Baftae is the alternative form of bafta.

Words near baftae in the dictionary

  1. bafla
  2. bafoon
  3. Bafoussam
  4. baft
  5. bafta
  6. baftae
  7. baftaes
  8. baftah
  9. baftahs
  10. baftas
  11. bafts

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