Takalluf describes deliberately putting on, or pretending to possess, a quality rather than necessarily having it naturally.
تَكَوَّفَ زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd affected being from Kūfah.
تَجَوَّعَ عَمْرٌو
Translation: ʿAmr feigned hunger.
The point of tajawwaʿa is affectation; it should not automatically be translated as a factual report that ʿAmr genuinely became hungry.
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Property 2: Affectation or Pretending
Takalluf describes deliberately putting on, or pretending to possess, a quality rather than necessarily having it naturally.
تَكَوَّفَ زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd affected being from Kūfah.
تَجَوَّعَ عَمْرٌو
Translation: ʿAmr feigned hunger.
The point of tajawwaʿa is affectation; it should not automatically be translated as a factual report that ʿAmr genuinely became hungry.