طواف

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Arabic

Root
ط و ف (ṭ w f)
8 terms

Noun

طَوَاف (ṭawāfm

  1. verbal noun of طَافَ (ṭāfa) (form I)
  2. circling, circumambulation
  3. (Islam) tawaf

Declension

Descendants

  • Maranao: tawap

Noun

طَوَّاف (ṭawwāfm

  1. wanderer

Declension

References

Kohistani Shina

Noun

طواف (tawāf)

  1. tawaf

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian tawaf, from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Pronunciation

Verb

طواف (Rumi tawaf)

  1. (transitive) to circumambulate
  2. to perform the tawaf

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh