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

circumambulation of the Kaaba

• Persian: طواف (fa) (tavâf)

Anagrams

• fatwa

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.