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wakaf

English translation: wakaf

08:02 Oct 17, 2004
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / culture
Malay term or phrase: wakaf
Bangunan yang dibina seperti rumah tempat tinggal, rumah ibadat, istana, masjid serta wakaf banyak menunjukkan unsur-unsur Hindu seperti ukiran fauna berupa burung merak dan sebagainya.
Ramona Ali
Local time: 04:02
English translation:wakaf
Explanation:
I will keep it as is because :
1. The word wakaf closely associated with Islam and by entension to our Malay culture.
2. I can' find any English word that can truely define wakaf in that sentence.
Check this out: definition of wakaf by law (Terengganu)
http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol4iss1/george8.htm
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ajali
United States
Local time: 15:02
Grading comment
Thank you, Ajali.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +2wakaf
ajali


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wakaf


Explanation:
I will keep it as is because :
1. The word wakaf closely associated with Islam and by entension to our Malay culture.
2. I can' find any English word that can truely define wakaf in that sentence.
Check this out: definition of wakaf by law (Terengganu)
http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol4iss1/george8.htm


ajali
United States
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Ajali.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abd Latiff Bidin (X): if a translation is mandatory, use per Winstedt's lexical entry "benefaction for a religious purpose".
2 hrs
agree  Fatimah Hassan
11 hrs
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