عارف

Derived from the active participle of عَرَفَ‎ (ʕarafa, “to know”), from the root ع ر ف‎ (ʕ-r-f).

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.rif/

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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)

عَارِف • (ʕārif) m (feminine عَارِفَة‎ (ʕārifa))

1. expert, connoisseur
2. (Tunisia) master

• عَارِف بِالله‎ (ʕārif bi-l-lāh)

• → Azerbaijani: arif, Arif
• → Bashkir: Ғариф (Ğarif)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عارف‎ (arif)
  • Turkish: Arif
  • → Albanian: Arif
• → Persian: عارف‎ ('âref)
• → Tajik: ориф (orif), Ориф (Orif)
• → Tatar: Гариф (Ğarif)
• → Uzbek: orif, Orif

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

Active participle of عِرِف‎ (ʕirif)

عارف • (ʿārif) (feminine عارفة‎ (ʿārfa), plural عارفين‎ (ʿārfīn))

1. knowing

   انتو عارفين انا مين.‎

   Intu ʿārfīn ana min.

   You (pl.) know who I am.

Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف‎ (ʕārif).

عارف • (arif)

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

عارف • (arif)

1. a male given name, Arif, from Arabic

• Turkish: Arif
• → Albanian: Arif

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

Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف‎ (ʕārif).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɑːɾif/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɒːɾɪf/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɒːɾef/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɔːɾif/

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

1. mystic, especially a sufi mystic

عارف • ('âref)

1. a male given name, Aref, from Arabic

From Arabic عَارِف‎ (ʕārif).

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.rif/, [ˈʕæː.rɪf]

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

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