Waqf

Pronunciation

Origin

From Arabic وقف (waqf).

Full definition of waqf

Noun

1. An endowment of land, in certain Islamic countries, given over for religious or charitable purposes.
• 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 368: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.