Arabic vocabulary

أَطُوفَcircumambulate in Arabic

أَطُوفَ is how you say “circumambulate” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَقَالَ لِأُمْيَّةَ اِنْظُرْ لِيَّ سَاعَةَ خَلْوَةِ لَعَلَّيَ أَنْ أَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ
He said to Umayya, "Find for me a time of seclusion; perhaps I may circumambulate the House."
أَطُوفَ — I circumambulate. A first-person present verb meaning to go around something, here in the goal-aimed (subjunctive) ending forced by the 'to' particle before it. The 'I' is inside the verb; the special ending shows this is the intended act.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

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