ወቅፍ
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Ge'ez[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ውቅፍ (wəḳf)
Etymology[edit]
Of obscure African origin.
Noun[edit]
ወቅፍ • (wäḳf) m (plural አውቃፍ (ʾäwḳaf), and አውቃፋት (ʾäwḳafat))
Derived terms[edit]
- አውቀፈ (ʾäwḳäfä, “to make a bracelet”)
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: وَقْف (waqf)
References[edit]
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ወቅፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 914
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ወቅፍ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 615b