ወቅፍ

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

ውቅፍ (wəḳf)

Etymology

Of obscure African origin.

Noun

ወቅፍ • (wäḳf) m (plural አውቃፍ (ʾäwḳaf), and አውቃፋት (ʾäwḳafat))

bracelet, armlet

Derived terms

አውቀፈ (ʾäwḳäfä, “to make a bracelet”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: وَقْف (waqf)

References

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

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