طاف

Arabic

Root
ط و ف (ṭ-w-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.fa/

Verb

طَافَ • (ṭāfa) I, non-past يَطُوفُ‎ (yaṭūfu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to circulate, to circumgyrate, to go around [+ بِ (object) = where] [+ عَلَى (object) = where] [+ حَوْل (object) = where]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
      yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

Conjugation

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