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saafa

saafa noun: a headscarf or long cloth used to form a turban in parts of India.

Noun

saafa (plural saafas)

  1. A headscarf or long cloth used to form a turban in parts of India.
    • She tried to do things for him, get his slippers, fetch his saafa, button his kurta, dry his wet hair after a bath.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 72
    • For years, she has been wrapping the traditional Rajasthani headgear, the saafa or pagdi, for the local deity Ghanghor.2007, India Today International, volume 6, page 6

Forms of saafa

pluralsaafas

Questions about saafa

What does saafa mean?
Saafa means a headscarf or long cloth used to form a turban in parts of India.
What part of speech is saafa?
Saafa is a noun.
What is the plural of saafa?
The plural of saafa is saafas.

Words near saafa in the dictionary

  1. Saadians
  2. Saadite
  3. Saadites
  4. saads
  5. SAAF
  6. saafa
  7. saafas
  8. saag
  9. saags
  10. saagwala
  11. SAAJ

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