waqf
/wɑkf/
waqf noun: an endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
Noun
- An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
- The qadis in Egypt and Syria administer the waqfs and alms for the benefit of travellers.1958–1994, Hamilton Gibb, CF Beckingham, editors, The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society, published 2012, page 25
- A small house at the centre of the bazaar dispensed coffee free of charge to the poor at the expense of the waqf, an Ottoman charitable foundation.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 368
Verb
waqf (third-person singular simple present waqfs, present participle waqfing, simple past and past participle waqfed)
- To give as a waqf.
waqf meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
waqf in Urdu
- inalienable endowment for charity
- وقف vaqf
waqf in Bengali
- waqf; religious charitable donation/endowment
- ওয়াকফ ōẇakoph
waqf in Arabic
- inalienable endowment for charity
- وَقْف waqf
waqf in Malay
- inalienable endowment for charity
- wukuf, wakaf
More languagesFewer languages
- waqf in Indonesian
- wakaf
- waqf in Persian
- وَقْف vaqf
Forms of waqf
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | awqaf |
| plural | waqfs |
| alternative form | wakf |
| alternative Malaysia Singapore | wakaf |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vacouf |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vakouf |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | waqfs |
| present participle | waqfing |
| past participle | waqfed |
| past | waqfed |
Origin of waqf
Borrowed from Arabic وَقْف (waqf).
Questions about waqf
- What does waqf mean?
- Waqf means an endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
- What is waqf in Urdu?
- Waqf in Urdu is وقف (vaqf). See Waqf meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is waqf?
- Waqf can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce waqf?
- Waqf is pronounced /wɑkf/.
- What is the plural of waqf?
- The plural of waqf is awqaf.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waqf (page history and authors); ওয়াকফ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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