irfan

See also: Irfan and İrfan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عِرْفَان‎ (irfān, “a general knowledge of polite and scientific matters”), borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان‎ (ʕirfān, “knowledge”).

Noun

irfan (definite accusative irfanı, plural irfanlar)

knowledge, understanding

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “irfan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “irfan”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

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