waqf

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Etymology [edit]

A transliteration of the Arabic وقف.

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Noun [edit]

waqf (plural awqaf or waqfs)

(Islam) an inalienable endowment of land that specifies it be used for religious or charitable purposes

Translations [edit]

inalienable endowment for charity

Arabic: وقف (ar) (waqf) m
Bulgarian: вакъф (bg) (vakǎf)
French: waqf (fr) m
German: Waqf (de)
Hebrew: וקף (he)

Malay: wukuf (ms)
Russian: вакуф (ru) (vákuf) m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вакуф (sh) m

Roman: vakuf (sh) m
Turkish: vakıf (tr)

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