عارف

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

• 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)
• → Classical Malay: عاريف (arif)
  • → Malay: arif
    • → Indonesian: arif
• → Ottoman Turkish: عارف (arif)
  • Turkish: arif, 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

From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

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.

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, Arif
• → Albanian: Arif

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

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

عارف

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Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif).

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/,

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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

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