طواف

طواف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ف‎ (ṭ-w-f).

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, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960), “طواف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

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Kohistani Shina

Noun

طواف (tawāf)

1. tawaf

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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