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“طوائف”
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Literal definition
courtesan
Etymology
ṭāʾifa "group, band" (root ṭ-w-f "to go around"), plural ṭawāʾif. In Mughal and Lucknow Urdu, the word narrowed to "courtesan-entertainer".
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