tawaf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Noun

tawaf (countable and uncountable, plural tawafs)

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

Translations

circumambulation of the Kaaba

• Indonesian: tawaf (id)
• Persian: طواف (fa) (tavâf)
• Turkmen: togap

Anagrams

• fatwa

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tawaf, from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.waf/

Verb

tawaf (Jawi طواف)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of tawaf

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totawaf	fotawaf	mitawaf
2nd person		notawaf	nitawaf
3rd person	masculine	otawaf	itawaf yotawaf (archaic)
	feminine	motawaf
	neuter	itawaf

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.av/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.a/

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.