واقف wāqif act. part. of وقف 'to stand over; to be intent on,' c.
A واقف wāqif (act. part. of وقف 'to stand (over); to be intent (on),' &c.), adj. Informed, acquainted (with); aware (of), privy (to);—knowing, sensible, intelligent, versed (in), conversant (with), experienced, expert, skilful, learned:—wāqif-ḥāl, or wāqif-kār, adj. & s.m. Experienced; intelligent; expert, &c.;—an experienced person; an expert; a connoisseur:—wāqif-kārī, s.f. Experience; intelligence; expertness; knowledge:—wāqif honā (-se, or -par), To become acquainted (with), or aware (of); to
know, to understand:—nā-wāqif, adj. Uninformed; unacquainted (with), unaware (of);—ignorant; inexperienced.
وقوف wuqūf inf. n. of وقف 'to be intent upon,' c.; see waqf
A وقوف wuqūf (inf. n. of وقف 'to be intent (upon),' &c.; see waqf), s.m. Knowledge, sense, intelligence, understanding, wisdom; discernment;—experience; practice; faculty; skill:—wuqūf paidā karnā, or wuqūf pakaṛnā, To get sense, &c.:—wuqūf-dār, adj. Informed of, knowing, experienced:—be-wuqūf, adj. & s.m. Senseless, stupid, foolish;—a stupid fellow, a blockhead.
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.
