different between mahfil vs mehfil

English

mahfil (plural mahfils)

From Urdu ????? (mahfil), from Arabic ???????? (ma?fil, “festive gathering to entertain or praise someone”).

mehfil (plural mehfils)

A gathering where poetry or classical music is performed for a small audience in an intimate setting.
- 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin 2004, p. 168:
  One of the most interesting descriptions in the Muraqqa’ is of the famous mehfils, the literary or musical evenings for which the city was then renowned.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
  The entire mehfil was babbling away but Bahadur's tense silence rang like an alarm in my head.

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