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baftah

baftah 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 A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.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 baftah

pluralbaftahs

Questions about baftah

What is baftah the alternative form of?
Baftah is the alternative form of bafta.

Words near baftah in the dictionary

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

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