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mauqūf (pass. part. of وقف 'to stop,' etc.), part. adj. Stopped; settled; rested;—delayed, deferred, postponed; suspended; relinquished; abolished; dismissed; discontinued; ceased;—fixed; bound; supported; established; determined;—belonging, or restricted (to), dependent (upon, -par);—left or bequeathed for pious purposes;—s.m. A legacy, a bequest; a grant of land, etc. (generally for charitable or pious purposes):—mauqūf ilaih (i), s.m. A legatee;—a grantee:—mauqūf rakhnā, v.t. To keep in abeyance; to suspend;—to keep, or make, dependent (on, -par):—mauqūf ‘alaih (i), adj. Paused upon;—dependent (upon);—s.m. A word paused on;—a referee:—mauqūf karnā, v.t. To stop, to cause to cease, to discontinue, toleave off; to lay or put aside; to postpone, defer; to abolish, abrogate, annul; to remove (from office), dismiss, discharge:—mauqūf honāor ho-jānā, v.n. To be stopped, be discontinued; to stop, cease;—to be dismissed (from office):—mauqūf honā(-par), to be dependent (on), to depend (on).
Origin: Arabic