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English
Noun
maruf (plural marufs)
- Alternative spelling of ma'ruf
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish معروف (maruf), from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).
Adjective
maruf
- (archaic) known, well known
- (Islam, archaic) canonically correct
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معروف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1908
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN