تعریف

From Arabic تَعْرِيف‎ (taʕrīf).

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /taʔɾiːf/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /tæʔɾiːf/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /taʔɾif/

تعریف • (ta'rif) (plural تعریف‌ها‎ (ta'rif-hâ) or تعاریف‎ (ta'ârif))

1. definition
2. description, explanation, narration
3. praise, commendation
4. making something known
   • c. 1260, Rumi, “2:290—291”, in The Masnavi:

     ‏دشمن روزند این قلابکان، عاشق روزند آن زرهای کان، ز آن که روز است آینه‌ی تعریف او.‎‎

     došman-e ruz-and in qellâbekân, 'âšeq-e ruz-and ân zarhâ-ye kân, z-ân-ke ruz ast âyene-ye ta'rif-e u.

     These counterfeiters are the enemies of the day, and those pieces of gold are the lovers of day, because the day is the mirror that makes it [the purity of gold] known.

• تعریف کردن‎ (ta'rif kardan, “to define, to describe, to praise”)

Borrowed from Persian تعریف‎, from Arabic تَعْرِيف‎ (taʕrīf).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːf/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːf/

تعریف • (tārīf) f (Hindi spelling तारीफ़)

1. definition, description
2. praise, commendation, laudation, admiration
3. a table of rates of export and import duties