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tawaf

tawaf noun: the ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the hajj in Mecca.

Noun

tawaf (countable and uncountable, plural tawafs)

  1. The ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the hajj in Mecca.

tawaf meaning in Urdu, Indonesian and Persian

tawaf in Urdu

circumambulation of the Kaaba
طواف tavāf

tawaf in Indonesian

circumambulation of the Kaaba
tawaf

tawaf in Persian

circumambulation of the Kaaba
طواف tavâf

Forms of tawaf

pluraltawafs

Origin of tawaf

Borrowed from Arabic طَوَاف (ṭawāf).

Questions about tawaf

What does tawaf mean?
Tawaf means the ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the hajj in Mecca.
What is tawaf in Urdu?
Tawaf in Urdu is طواف (tavāf). See Tawaf meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is tawaf?
Tawaf is a noun.
What is the plural of tawaf?
The plural of tawaf is tawafs.

Words near tawaf in the dictionary

  1. tavy
  2. taw
  3. Taw-Sug
  4. tawa
  5. Tawaan
  6. tawaf
  7. tawafs
  8. Tawagan Sur
  9. tawaif
  10. tawaifs
  11. Tawallammat Tamajaq

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