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nafar (v.n. fr. نفر 'to flee,' etc.;—orig. 'a crowd or body of men (to which one belongs) fleeing or going together,' but applied by the Persians to an individual), s.m. A servant; a groom;—one person, an individual; one hand (e.g. tīn nafar, 'three persons, three hands; three'):—nafar-gaṭṭīfaiṣala, s.m. Settlement of land-revenue, or taxes, etc., made with each individual cultivator himself, independent of any landholder (i.q. raīyat-wārīfaiṣala).
Origin: Arabic