وقف

• IPA^(key): /wa.qa.fa/

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وَقَفَ • (waqafa) I (non-past يَقِفُ (yaqifu), verbal noun وُقُوف (wuqūf))

1. (intransitive) to come to a stop, to come to a standstill
2. (intransitive) to stop
   • قِف (qif, “halt!, stop!, whoa!”)
3. (intransitive) to pause, to hesitate
4. (intransitive) to stand
5. (intransitive) to inquire, seek information, inform oneself (على about)
6. to acquaint oneself (على with)

وَقَفَ • (waqafa) I (non-past يَقِفُ (yaqifu), verbal noun وَقْف (waqf))

1. (transitive) to stop (something), to bring to a stop
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:30:

     وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ

     walaw tarā ʔiḏ wuqifū ʕalā rabbihim

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to make stand, to set up

• IPA^(key): /waq.qa.fa/

وَقَّفَ • (waqqafa) II (non-past يُوَقِّفُ (yuwaqqifu), verbal noun تَوْقِيف (tawqīf))

1. to bring to a stop, to bring to a standstill
2. to arrest, to halt, to stop
3. to obstruct, to hamper
4. to park (a car)
5. to erect, to raise

• IPA^(key): /waqf/

وَقْف • (waqf) m (plural أَوْقَاف (ʔawqāf))

1. verbal noun of وَقَفَ (waqafa) (form I)
2. stopping, halting
3. discontinuation, suspension
4. stay, standstill
5. pausing, resting
6. blocking
7. impediment, obstacle
8. discharge, dismissal, removal
9. (Islam) a waqf, religious endowment, endowment fund
10. inalienable property
11. (linguistics) pausa

• وَقْفِيّ (waqfiyy, “relating to a waqf system or endowment system”)
• وَقْفِيَّة (waqfiyya, “waqf system, endowment system”)

• → English: waqf
• → Azerbaijani: vəqf
• → Bengali: ওয়াকফ (ẇakph)
• → Ottoman Turkish: وقف (vakıf, vakf), վագըֆ (vakıf), վագֆ (vakf) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: vakıf
  • → Albanian: vakëf
  • → Armenian: վաքֆ (vakʻf), վաքըֆ (vakʻəf)
  • → Greek: βακούφι (vakoúfi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ва̏куф

    Latin script: vȁkuf

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਕਫ਼ (vakaf)

  Shahmukhi script: وقف (vaqf)

• → Urdu: وقف (vaqf)
• → Uzbek: vaqf

(via plural form أَوْقَاف (ʔawqāf))

• → Azerbaijani: övqaf
• → Persian: اوقاف
  • Urdu: اوقاف (oqāf)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اوقاف
  • → Turkish: evkaf
• → Uyghur: ئەۋقاپ (ewqap)

Borrowed from Ge'ez ወቅፍ (wäḳf, “bracelet, armlet”), also ውቅፍ (wəḳf), of obscure African origin.

• IPA^(key): /waqf/

وَقْف • (waqf) m (plural وُقُوف (wuqūf)) (obsolete)

1. bracelet, armlet
2. metal or horn edge of a shield

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ወቅፍ ፡ ውቅፍ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 615b
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 53

From Arabic وَقَفَ (waqafa).

• IPA^(key): /wa.ɡaf/, /wi.ɡif/

وَقَف or وِقِف • (wagaf or wigif) I (non-past يِوْقَف (yiwgaf))

1. to come to a stop, to come to a standstill
2. to stop
3. to stand

   Synonym: قام (gām)

From Arabic وَقَّفَ (waqqafa).

• IPA^(key): /waɡ.ɡaf/

وقف • (waggaf) II (non-past يِوَقِّف (yiwaggif))

1. to bring to a stop, to bring to a standstill
2. to arrest, to halt, to stop
3. to obstruct, to hamper
4. to park (a car)
5. to stand up

   Synonym: قام (gām)

From Arabic وَقْف (waqf).

• IPA^(key): /waɡf/

وقف • (wagf) m (plural أوقاف (ʔawgāf))

1. a waqf, religious endowment, endowment fund
2. inalienable property

• վագըֆ (vakıf), վագֆ (vakf) — Armeno-Turkish

Borrowed from Arabic وَقْف (waqf).

وقف • (vakf or vakıf) (definite accusative وقفی (vakfı), plural اوقاف (evkaf))

1. pause, break, halt
2. foundation
3. (Islam) waqf, the donation of buildings, plots of land or other assets for pious causes

• Turkish: vakıf
• → Albanian: vakëf
• → Armenian: վաքֆ (vakʻf), վաքըֆ (vakʻəf)
• → Greek: βακούφι (vakoúfi)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ва̏куф

  Latin script: vȁkuf

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vakıf”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5083b
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980) “vakf”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)‎ (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 1363b
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “وقف”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn , Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 921b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وقف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1313b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vakıf1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “վագըֆ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay ‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 865b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وقف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2145b
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “وقف”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1496a

From Arabic وَقَفَ (waqafa).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /wi.ʔif/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /wi.ɡif/,

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وقف • (wiʔif) I (present بوقف (būʔaf), active participle واقف (wāʔef))

1. to stand, to be standing
2. (intransitive) to stop

From Arabic وَقَّفَ (waqqafa).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /waʔ.ʔaf/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /waɡ.ɡaf/,

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وقّف • (waʔʔaf) II (present بوقّف (biwaʔʔef))

1. to stand, to be standing

   Synonym: صفّ (ṣaff)

   وقّفت كتير استنّاك بالشارع.

   waʔʔaft ktīr astannāk biš-šāreʕ.

   I stood for a long time waiting for you in the street.

   حكومة ايرلندا بتوقّف ضدّ نظام الاحتلال الإسرائيلي.

   ḥukūmet irlanda bitwaʔʔef ḍidd niẓām il-ʔiḥtilāl il-ʔisraʔīli.

   The Irish government stands in opposition to the Israeli occupation regime.

   هيّني وقّفت عالدور.

   hayyni waʔʔaft ʕad-dōr.

   I just got in line.

   (literally, “I just stood at the turn.”)

2. to stand up, to get up

   Synonym: قام (ʔām)

   اللي بدّه ييجي معي لازم يوقّف هلا.

   illi biddo yīji maʕi lāzem ywaʔʔef halla.

   Whoever wants to come with me should get up now.

3. to stand up for

   Synonym: وقّف في صفّ (waʔʔaf fi ṣaff)

   كان مفروض توقّف معي.

   kān mafrūḍ twaʔʔef maʕi.

   You were supposed to stand up for me.

4. to stand up to

   Synonym: وقّف بوجه (waʔʔaf bi-wijh)

   إذا كانو يتنمّروك، ليش ما وقّفتلهم؟

   iza kānu yitnammarūk, lēš mā waʔʔaft-ilhom?

   If they were bullying you, why didn't you stand up to them?

5. (intransitive) to stop, to pause

   ساعتي وقّفت. ― sāʕti waʔʔafat. ― My watch has stopped.

   كان يحكي عادي، بس لمّا فاتت عالغرفة وقّف بسرعة.

   kān yiḥki ʕādi, bas lamma fātat ʕal-ḡurfe waʔʔaf bsurʕa.

   He was speaking normally, but when she came into the room he quickly stopped.

6. (transitive) to stop, to put an end to

   الشرطي وقّفني عشان ما كنت حاطط حزام الأمان.

   iš-šurṭi waʔʔafni ʕašān mā kunt ḥāṭeṭ ḥizām il-ʔamān.

   The policeman stopped me because I hadn't put my seatbelt on.

   المدير وقّف التدخين بالمكتب.

   il-mudīr waʔʔaf it-tadḵīn bil-maktab.

   The manager put an end to smoking in the office.

8. (by extension) to lay off (from work)

   Synonyms: عزل (ʕazal), صرف (ṣaraf), فصل (faṣal)

   الشركة رح توقّف ميّة عامل عن الشغل في مصنعها الرئيسي.

   iš-širke raḥ twaʔʔef miyyet ʕāmel ʕan iš-šuḡl fi maṣnaʕha ir-raʔīsi.

   The company will lay off one hundred workers at its main factory.

10. (by extension) to arrest, to detain, to hold

    Synonyms: عوّق (ʕawwaʔ), اعتقل (iʕtaʔal)

    وقّفوه لتحقيق. ― waʔʔafūh la-taḥʔīʔ. ― They held him for interrogation.

11. (by extension) to park (a vehicle)

    Synonym: ركن (rakan)

    وقّف السيّارة قدّام العمارة.

    waʔʔaf is-sayyāra ʔuddām il-ʕamāra.

    He parked the car in front of the building.

• وقّف بوجه (waʔʔaf bi-wijh, “to stand up to”)
• وقّف في صفّ (waʔʔaf fi ṣaff, “to be on one's side”)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وقف (waqf), from Arabic وَقْف (waqf).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋəqf/
• Rhymes: -əqf

وَقْف • (vaqf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling वक़्फ़)

1. devoted

وَقْف • (vaqf) m (Hindi spelling वक़्फ़)

1. devotion; devotee
2. charity, charitable endowment
3. (literally) pause, stay, rest
4. stop, stay
5. legacy, trust
6. (typography) punctuation mark
7. (linguistics) pausa
8. pausa (Qur'an)

• “وقف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وقف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.