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 tawaf

Conjugation
Conjugation of tawaf
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totawaf fotawaf mitawaf
2nd notawaf nitawaf
3rd Masculine otawaf itawaf, yotawaf†
Feminine motawaf
Neuter itawaf
† - archaic

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tawaf dawaf nhawaf thawaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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