bafta

See also: BAFTA

English

Alternative forms

• baft, baftae, baftah, bufta

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæftə/
• Rhymes: -æftə

Noun

bafta (countable and uncountable, plural baftas)

1. A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
   • 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:

     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.

2. An imitation of this fabric.

Anagrams

• abaft