different between inalienable vs waqf

English

Etymology

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ne?.l?.?.n?.b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ne?.li.?.n?.b?l/

Adjective

inalienable (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.

   inalienable right a right that cannot be given away

2. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.

Usage notes

While inalienable and unalienable are today used interchangeably (with inalienable the more common) the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished.

Synonyms

• unalienable

Antonyms

• (incapable of being alienated): alienable

Translations

References

Spanish

Adjective

inalienable (plural inalienables)

1. inalienable

English

Alternative forms

• vacouf, vakouf (obsolete)
• wakf

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (waqf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /w?kf/

Noun

waqf (plural awqaf or waqfs)

1. An endowment of land, in certain Islamic countries, given over for religious or charitable purposes.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 25:

     The qadis in Egypt and Syria administer the waqfs and alms for the benefit of travellers.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 368:

     A small house at the centre of the bazaar dispensed coffee free of charge to the poor at the expense of the waqf, an Ottoman charitable foundation.

Translations

Verb

waqf (third-person singular simple present waqfs, present participle waqfing, simple past and past participle waqfed)

1. (transitive) To give as a waqf.