mihaffa

noun2

1. •
   (India, historical) Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.

   • ...ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Abuʾl-Ḥasan al-Bakrī (d. 952/1545–6), a rich ʿālim and a Sufi, wrote poetry. Shaʿrānī reports that he was the first to go on pilgrimage in a litter (miḥaffa). — 1982
2. •
   (India, historical) Various forms of covered human-borne litters and sedan chairs, chiefly for female passengers.

   • The Levirate marriage... expenses are borne by the bridegroom, and the bride is carried with much parade in a palanquin, enclosed with curtains (Mihaffa). — 1883