Urdu Dictionary

وقف waqf inf. n. of وقف 'to stand,' c.

A وقف waqf (inf. n. of وقف 'to stand,' &c.), s.m. Standing, stopping, staying, halting, waiting; pausing (over); being intent (upon), endeavouring fully to understand;—bequeathing for pious purposes; tranquillity; firmness; constancy; permanency;—punctuation;—a pause (in reading); (in Gram.) a mute;—a bequest or legacy for pious purposes, a religious or charitable endowment (as habitations for the poor, books for the use of learned men, &c.):—waqf karnā, v.t. To stop; to pause (syn. ṭhaharnā);—to dedicate to pious uses, to consecrate; to make a grant for charitable or religious purposes:—waqf-kunanda, s.m. One who makes a charitable endowment:—waqf-nāma, s.m. A deed of endowment.