tawafn.

Brit.

/təˈwɑːf/, U.S.

/təˈwɑf/

Forms: 1700s– tawaf, 1900s– tawaaf. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ṭawāf.

Etymology: < Arabic ṭawāf to go round, circumambulate.

Islam.

The ritual of performing seven circumambulations of the Kaaba as part of the haj to Mecca. Cf. Kaaba n.The circumambulations are performed in an anticlockwise direction, the first three at a fast pace, and the final four at a slower pace.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Muslim > [noun]

abdest1667

tawaf1788

selamlik1888

tazia1893

1788 tr. I. Mouradgea d'Ohsson Oriental Antiq. iii. i. 512 The Prophet saw two women taking their walks, Tawaf [Fr. leurs tournées, Tawaf], round the Keabé of Mecca..and asked them, if they had paid the tythe.

1883 E. Arnold Pearls of Faith 95 Three times with hastening feet [he] Circled the Kaabah, and four times paced With slackened gait the tawâf, as is due.

1892 Christian Union 12 Nov. 909/2 The ceremony of Tawaf, or circumnambulation [sic], is performed on the inner oval pavement of polished granite.

1933 Columbia Law Rev. 33 199 The great Omar performed the tawaf around the Ka'ba in Mecca, and kissed the black stone there enshrined.

1987 Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. To perform a satisfactory tawaaf, the Kabba must be circled seven times.

2003 M. Ali Brick Lane xiv. 250 Do you know, when you do tawaf, how many circuits round the Ka'aba you're actually supposed to run?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tawaf
释义	tawafn. Brit. /təˈwɑːf/, U.S. /təˈwɑf/ Forms: 1700s– tawaf, 1900s– tawaaf. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ṭawāf. Etymology: < Arabic ṭawāf to go round, circumambulate. Islam. The ritual of performing seven circumambulations of the Kaaba as part of the haj to Mecca. Cf. Kaaba n.The circumambulations are performed in an anticlockwise direction, the first three at a fast pace, and the final four at a slower pace. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Muslim > [noun] abdest1667 tawaf1788 selamlik1888 tazia1893 1788 tr. I. Mouradgea d'Ohsson Oriental Antiq. iii. i. 512 The Prophet saw two women taking their walks, Tawaf [Fr. leurs tournées, Tawaf], round the Keabé of Mecca..and asked them, if they had paid the tythe. 1883 E. Arnold Pearls of Faith 95 Three times with hastening feet [he] Circled the Kaabah, and four times paced With slackened gait the tawâf, as is due. 1892 Christian Union 12 Nov. 909/2 The ceremony of Tawaf, or circumnambulation [sic], is performed on the inner oval pavement of polished granite. 1933 Columbia Law Rev. 33 199 The great Omar performed the tawaf around the Ka'ba in Mecca, and kissed the black stone there enshrined. 1987 Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. To perform a satisfactory tawaaf, the Kabba must be circled seven times. 2003 M. Ali Brick Lane xiv. 250 Do you know, when you do tawaf, how many circuits round the Ka'aba you're actually supposed to run? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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