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khafd

khafd noun: female genital mutilation.

Noun

khafd (uncountable)

  1. (Arabic) female 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

Origin of khafd

From Arabic خَفْض (ḵafḍ).

Questions about khafd

What does khafd mean?
Khafd means female genital mutilation.
What part of speech is khafd?
Khafd is a noun.

Words near khafd in the dictionary

  1. Khadkas
  2. khads
  3. khaen
  4. khaens
  5. khaf
  6. khafd
  7. khafs
  8. khagan
  9. khaganate
  10. khaganates
  11. khagans

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