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Noun
English
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Alternative forms
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ghafir
Etymology
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From
Arabic
غَفِير
(
ḡafīr
,
“
guard, watchman
”
)
.
Noun
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ghaffir
(
plural
ghaffirs
)
(
Egypt
,
Palestine
,
historical
)
A
guard
or member of a historical
police
force, especially in
Egypt
and
Palestine
.
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English terms borrowed from Arabic
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English terms derived from the Arabic root غ ف ر
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English countable nouns
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