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wāqif (act. part. of وقف 'to stand (over); to be intent (on),' etc.), 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, etc.;—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.
Origin: Arabic