عارف

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
15 terms

Derived from the active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, to know).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.rif/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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عَارِف (ʕārif) (feminine عَارِفَة (ʕārifa), masculine plural عَارِفُونَ (ʕārifūna), feminine plural عَارِفَات (ʕārifāt) or عَوَارِف (ʕawārif), elative أَعْرَف (ʔaʕraf))

  1. knowing
  2. acquainted, familiar (بِ (bi) with)

Declension

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Noun

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عَارِف (ʕārifm (feminine عَارِفَة (ʕārifa))

  1. expert, connoisseur
  2. (Tunisia) master

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

Adjective

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عارف (ʕārif) (feminine عارفة (ʕarfa), masculine plural عارفين (ʕarfīn))

  1. knowing
    انتو عارفين انا مين.
    intu ʕarfīn ʔana mīn.
    You (pl.) know who I am.

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

Adjective

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عارف (arif)

  1. knowing, versed, skilled; an expert; especially, an adept in divine or mystical matters

Proper noun

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عارف (arif)

  1. a male given name, Arif, from Arabic

Descendants

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References

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  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عارف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ārif
Dari reading? ārif
Iranian reading? âref
Tajik reading? orif

Noun

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Dari عارف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ориф

عارف ('âref) (plural عارفان ('ârefân) or عارف‌ها ('âref-hâ) or عرفا ('orafâ))

  1. mystic, especially a sufi mystic

Proper noun

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Dari عارف
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ориф

عارف ('âref)

  1. a male given name, Aref, from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ع ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

Pronunciation

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Participle

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عارف (ʕāref) (feminine عارفة (ʕārfe), common plural عارفين (ʕārfīn))

  1. active participle of عرف (ʕirif, to know)