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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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ta'rīf
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| Dari reading?
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ta'rīf
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| Iranian reading?
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ta'rif
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| Tajik reading?
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taʾrif
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Noun
تعریف • (ta'rif) (plural تعریفها (ta'rif-hâ) or تعاریف (ta'ârif))
- definition
- description, explanation, narration
- praise, commendation
- 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 known.
Derived terms
- تعریف کردن (ta'rif kardan, “to define, to describe, to praise”)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعْرِیف (ta'rīf), borrowed from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَعْرِیف • (ta'rīf) f (Hindi spelling तारीफ़)
- definition, description
- praise, commendation, laudation, admiration
- a table of rates of export and import duties