معروف

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Arabic

Etymology

    Root
    ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
    16 terms

    Derived from the passive participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, know), verb form I.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf) (feminine مَعْرُوفَة (maʕrūfa), masculine plural مَعْرُوفُونَ (maʕrūfūna))

    1. known
      مساعدة الجيران في الأوقات الصعبة هي قيمة معروفة.
      Muṣāʿadat al-ǧīrān fī al-ʾawqāt aṣ-ṣuʿbah hī qīmah maʿrūfah.
      Helping neighbors in difficult times is a well-known value.
    2. recognized
    3. conventional
    4. decent
    5. fair
    6. adequate
    7. good
      التساهل والاحترام المتبادل هما علامتان للسلوك المعروف.
      At-tasāhul wal-iḥtirām al-mutabādil humā ʿalāmatān li-s-sulūk al-maʿrūf.
      Tolerance and mutual respect are two signs of good behavior.
    8. pleasant

    Declension

    Descendants

    Noun

    مَعْرُوف (maʕrūfm

    1. beneficence
    2. benefice
    3. decency
    4. favor

    Declension

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? ma'rūf
      Dari reading? ma'rūf
      Iranian reading? ma'ruf
      Tajik reading? maʾruf

      Adjective

      Dari معروف
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik маъруф

      معروف (ma'ruf) (comparative معروف‌تَر (ma'ruf-tar), superlative معروف‌تَرین (ma'ruf-tarin))

      1. famous, renowned
        Synonym: مشهور (mašhur)
      2. (Classical Persian, Dari) ma'ruf (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).
        Antonym: مجهول (majhul)

      Noun

      معروف (ma'ruf)

      1. (Classical Persian, Dari) ma'ruf (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).
        Antonym: مجهول (majhul)

      Inflection

          Enclitic-attached forms of معروف (ma'ruf)
          Basic forms of معروف (ma'ruf)
      bare معروف
      (ma'ruf)
      ezâfe معروف
      (ma'ruf-e)
      marked indefinite
      or relative definite
      معروفی
      (ma'ruf-i)
          Predicative forms of معروف (ma'ruf)
      singular plural
      1st person
      (“I am, we are”)
      معروفم
      (ma'rufam)
      معروفیم
      (ma'rufim)
      2nd person
      (“you are”)
      معروفی
      (ma'rufi)
      معروفید
      (ma'rufid)
      معروفین
      (ma'rufin)
      3rd person
      (“he/she/it is, they are”)
      معروف است
      (ma'ruf ast)
      معروفه
      (ma'rufe)
      معروفند
      (ma'rufand)
      معروفن
      (ma'rufan)
      Colloquial.

      South Levantine Arabic

      Root
      ع ر ف
      6 terms

      Etymology

      From Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /maʕ.ruːf/,
      • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

      Adjective

      معروف (maʕrūf) (feminine معروفة (maʕrūfe), common plural معروفين (maʕrūfīn))

      1. known, well-known, familiar

      See also

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf), borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf), from عَرَفَ (ʕarafa), from ع ر ف (ʕ r f).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मारूफ़)

        1. famous, renowned
          Synonyms: نامِی (nāmī), پْرَکھْیات (prakhyāt), وِکھْیات (vikhyāt), مَشْہُور (maśhūr), مَقْبُول (maqbūl)
        2. evident; known
          Synonym: مَعْلُوم (ma'lūm)
        3. (grammar) active voice
        4. (phonology) a stretched vowel; an epithet for the و (vao) and ی (ye) letters
          Antonym: مَجْہُول (majhūl)
        5. (formal) correct; lawful
          Antonym: مُنْکَر (munkar)

        Antonyms

        Further reading

        • معروف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
        • معروف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “معروف”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]