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Meaning & History
From Persian واقف (vāqef) meaning "informed, knowledgeable", ultimately from Arabic وقف (waqafa) meaning "to stop, to inquire". This was the pen name of Molla Pənah Vaqif, an 18th-century Azerbaijani poet and statesman, who is considered to be the founder of the modern school in Azerbaijani poetry.