تعارف

From the root ع ر ف‎ (ʕ-r-f); compare عَرَفَ‎ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

تَعَارَفَ • (taʕārafa) VI, non-past يَتَعَارَفُ‎‎ (yataʕārafu)

1. (reciprocal) to get to know one another, become acquainted with one another
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:13:

     ‏يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا‎‎

     yā ʔayyuhā n-nāsu ʔinnā ḵalaqnākum min ḏakarin waʔunṯā wajaʕalnākum šuʕūban waqabāʔila litaʕārafū

     O mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female and made you nations and tribes that you may be well acquainted with one another.

2. to become acquainted (بِ‎ (bi) with)

• Mace, John (2007), “تعارف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

تَعَارُف • (taʕāruf) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَارَفَ (taʕārafa) (form VI)

From Arabic تَعَارُف‎ (taʕāruf), verbal noun of تَعَارَفَ‎ (taʕārafa, “to become known or introduced to each other; etc.”).

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /taʔɒːɾʊf/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /tæʔɒːɾof/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /taʔɔːɾuf/

تعارف • (ta'ârof)

1. ta'arof/taarof; the intricate Persian system of etiquette and good manners, emphasizing extreme deference, humility, and respect.

• تعارف کردن‎ (ta'ârof kardan)
• تعارف زدن‎ (ta'ârof zadan)
• تعارفی‎ (ta'ârofi)
• بی‌تعارف‎ (bi-ta'ârof, “frank; frankly”)
• تعارف اومد نیومد داره‎ (ta'ârof umad nayumad dâre)
• تعارف تیکه پاره کردن‎ (ta'ârof tikke pâre kardan)

• قابل ندارد‎ (qâbel nadârad)
• قدمت روی چشم‎ (qadamat ru-ye čašm)
• قربانت بروم‎ (qоrbânat beravam)
• چشمت روشن‎ (čašmat rowšan)
• خواهش می‌کنم‎ (xâheš mi-konam)
• تعارف نکنید‎ (ta'ârof nakonid)

• Taarof

Borrowed from Arabic تَعَارُف‎ (taʕāruf) (through Classical Persian تعارف‎ (taʻāruf)).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑː.ɾʊf/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑː.ɾʊf/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾʊf/
• Rhymes: -ʊf

تَعَارُف • (taʻāruf) m

1. introduction
2. acquaintancy, acquaintanceship
3. preface

• “تعارف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تعارف”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.