اعتكاف

ě`tikāf [inf. n. viii of عكف 'to keep constantly or perseveringly' (to)], s.m. Continuing in prayer (in the temple or mosque); retirement, seclusion (for devotion, in a place of worship, especially at Mecca); restraining or curbing the passions from religious motives (as in Lent):—ě`tikāf-meṅbaiṭhnā, To sit secluded in a temple or mosque, abstaining from worldly affairs, etc., and engaging in devotional exercises; to retire from the world (=dunyātyāgnā).