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lifāfa (for A. لفافة lifāfat, v.n. fr. لفّ ; see laff), s.m. A wrapper, outward case; enclosure; cover of a letter, an envelope;—(fig.) gilding;—whitewash; a gloss;—outward show, ostentation;—anything frail; gingerbread work:—lifāfa banānā, To make an envelope, etc.;—to make a show or display:—lifāfa karnā, v.t. To wrap up, to enclose; to put (a letter) into an envelope;—to gild (glass, etc.):—lifāfa khulnāor khul-jānā(-kā), A covering or wrapper, etc. to be opened or removed; (a person or thing) to be laid bare or exposed:—ṭikaṭ-dār lifāfa, A stamped envelope.
Origin: Persian