Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA Brazilian drum with a membrane made of animal skin.
From Portuguese alfaia, a borrowing of Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”).
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