طواف

Arabic

Root
ط و ف (ṭ w f)
8 terms

Noun

طَوَاف • (ṭawāf) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun طَوَاف (ṭawāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَاف ṭawāf	الطَّوَاف aṭ-ṭawāf	طَوَاف ṭawāf
Nominative	طَوَافٌ ṭawāfun	الطَّوَافُ aṭ-ṭawāfu	طَوَافُ ṭawāfu
Accusative	طَوَافًا ṭawāfan	الطَّوَافَ aṭ-ṭawāfa	طَوَافَ ṭawāfa
Genitive	طَوَافٍ ṭawāfin	الطَّوَافِ aṭ-ṭawāfi	طَوَافِ ṭawāfi

Descendants

• Maranao: tawap

Noun

طَوَّاف • (ṭawwāf) m

1. wanderer

Declension

Declension of noun طَوَّاف (ṭawwāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَّاف ṭawwāf	الطَّوَّاف aṭ-ṭawwāf	طَوَّاف ṭawwāf
Nominative	طَوَّافٌ ṭawwāfun	الطَّوَّافُ aṭ-ṭawwāfu	طَوَّافُ ṭawwāfu
Accusative	طَوَّافًا ṭawwāfan	الطَّوَّافَ aṭ-ṭawwāfa	طَوَّافَ ṭawwāfa
Genitive	طَوَّافٍ ṭawwāfin	الطَّوَّافِ aṭ-ṭawwāfi	طَوَّافِ ṭawwāfi

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “طواف”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “طواف”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “طواف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “طواف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Kohistani Shina

Noun

طواف (tawāf)

1. tawaf

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian tawaf, from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.waf]

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