वक़्फ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وقفه (waqfa), from Arabic وَقْفَة (waqfa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋəq.fɑː/, [ʋɐq.fäː], /ʋək.pʰɑː/, [ʋɐk.pʰäː]

Noun

वक़्फ़ा • (vaqfā) m (Urdu spelling وقفہ) (rare)

1. pause, halt, stop
2. delay

   Synonyms: देर (der), मोहलत (mohlat), विलंब (vilamb)

3. interval, gap

   Synonyms: अवकाश (avkāś), अंतर (antar)

4. respite, interlude, intermission

   Synonym: मध्यांतर (madhyāntar)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वक़्फ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press