"waqf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɑkf/ Forms: awqaf [plural], waqfs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑkf Etymology: From Arabic وَقْف (waqf). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|وَقْف|}} Arabic وَقْف (waqf), {{root|en|ar|و ق ف}} Head templates: {{en-noun|awqaf|s}} waqf (plural awqaf or waqfs)
  1. An endowment of land, in certain Islamic countries, given for religious or charitable purposes. Translations (inalienable endowment for charity): وَقْف (waqf) [masculine] (Arabic), вакъф (vakǎf) (Bulgarian), 瓦合甫 (wǎhéfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), vakf (Czech), waqf [masculine] (French), Waqf (German), βακούφι (vakoúfi) [neuter] (Greek), וקף (Hebrew), wakaf (Indonesian), ワクフ (wakufu) (Japanese), 와크프 (wakeupeu) (Korean), вакаф (vakaf) (Macedonian), wukuf (Malay), wakaf (Malay), وَقْف (vaqf) (Persian), wakf [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ва́куф (vákuf) [masculine] (Russian), вакуф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vakuf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vakıf (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vacouf, vakouf [obsolete], wakf, wakaf [Malaysia, Singapore]

Verb

IPA: /wɑkf/ Forms: waqfs [present, singular, third-person], waqfing [participle, present], waqfed [participle, past], waqfed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑkf Etymology: From Arabic وَقْف (waqf). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|وَقْف|}} Arabic وَقْف (waqf), {{root|en|ar|و ق ف}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} waqf (third-person singular simple present waqfs, present participle waqfing, simple past and past participle waqfed)
  1. (transitive) To give as a waqf. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-waqf-en-verb-0buiFPQv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vacouf, vakouf [obsolete], wakf, wakaf [Malaysia, Singapore]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "inalienable endowment for charity",
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      "sense": "inalienable endowment for charity",
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      "word": "вакуф"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inalienable endowment for charity",
      "word": "vakıf"
    }
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}

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        "To give as a waqf."
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        "(transitive) To give as a waqf."
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