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

Anagrams

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

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.