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haft

American  
[haft, hahft] / hæft, hɑft /

noun

  1. a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.

haft British  
/ hɑːft /

noun

  1. the handle of an axe, knife, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to provide with a haft

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Etymology

Origin of haft

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hæft handle, literally, that which is taken, grasped; cognate with Latin captus, German Heft han-dle

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Another woman, Maryam, says that some people are defiantly preparing for the festival and its centrepiece - the Haft Sin table.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Curtis is a producer on the Audible Original podcast "Letters from Camp," written by Boco Haft and now entering its third season.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2022

Haft said their use increased more than fourfold since the beginning of the year.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022

Intercut with cinematographer George Steel’s gritty black-and-white prison camp sequences are colorful postwar scenes set in New York City, where Haft searches for his long-lost love who may have died in the camps.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Sprenger also mentions as one separate Book what is part of the Mantic—and main part—the Haft wady. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

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