tawaf

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Noun

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tawaf (countable and uncountable, plural tawafs)

  1. (Islam) The ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the hajj in Mecca.

Translations

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tawaf, from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Pronunciation

Verb

tawaf (Jawi طواف)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of tawaf
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totawaf fotawaf mitawaf
2nd notawaf nitawaf
3rd Masculine otawaf itawaf, yotawaf
Feminine motawaf
Neuter itawaf
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

tawaf

  1. first-person singular present indicative/future of tewi

Mutation

Mutated forms of tawaf
radical soft nasal aspirate
tawaf dawaf nhawaf thawaf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.