معروف

Arabic

Etymology

  • Root
    ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
    16 terms

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maʕ.ruːf/
    • Rhymes: -uːf

    Adjective

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

    1. known
      مُسَاعَدَة الجِيرَان فِي الأَوْقَات الصُّعْبَة هِي قِيمَة مَعْرُوفَة.
      musāʕada(t) al-jīrān fī l-ʔawqāt aṣ-ṣuʕba(t) hī qīma(t) maʕrūfa.
      Helping neighbors in difficult times is a well-known value.
    2. recognized
    3. conventional
    4. decent
    5. fair
    6. adequate
    7. good
      التَّسَاهُل وَالاِحْتِرَام المُتَبَادِل هُمَا عَلَامَتَان لِلسُّلُوك المَعْرُوف.
      at-tasāhul wa-l-iḥtirām al-mutabādil humā ʕalāmatān li-s-sulūk al-maʕrūf.
      Tolerance and mutual respect are two signs of good behavior.
    8. pleasant

    Declension

    Declension of adjective مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf)
    singular masculine feminine
    basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مَعْرُوف
    maʕrūf     		الْمَعْرُوف
    al-maʕrūf     		مَعْرُوفَة
    maʕrūfa     		الْمَعْرُوفَة
    al-maʕrūfa
    nominative مَعْرُوفٌ
    maʕrūfun     		الْمَعْرُوفُ
    al-maʕrūfu     		مَعْرُوفَةٌ
    maʕrūfatun     		الْمَعْرُوفَةُ
    al-maʕrūfatu
    accusative مَعْرُوفًا
    maʕrūfan     		الْمَعْرُوفَ
    al-maʕrūfa     		مَعْرُوفَةً
    maʕrūfatan     		الْمَعْرُوفَةَ
    al-maʕrūfata
    genitive مَعْرُوفٍ
    maʕrūfin     		الْمَعْرُوفِ
    al-maʕrūfi     		مَعْرُوفَةٍ
    maʕrūfatin     		الْمَعْرُوفَةِ
    al-maʕrūfati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مَعْرُوفَيْن
    maʕrūfayn     		الْمَعْرُوفَيْن
    al-maʕrūfayn     		مَعْرُوفَتَيْن
    maʕrūfatayn     		الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْن
    al-maʕrūfatayn
    nominative مَعْرُوفَانِ
    maʕrūfāni     		الْمَعْرُوفَانِ
    al-maʕrūfāni     		مَعْرُوفَتَانِ
    maʕrūfatāni     		الْمَعْرُوفَتَانِ
    al-maʕrūfatāni
    accusative مَعْرُوفَيْنِ
    maʕrūfayni     		الْمَعْرُوفَيْنِ
    al-maʕrūfayni     		مَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ
    maʕrūfatayni     		الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ
    al-maʕrūfatayni
    genitive مَعْرُوفَيْنِ
    maʕrūfayni     		الْمَعْرُوفَيْنِ
    al-maʕrūfayni     		مَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ
    maʕrūfatayni     		الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ
    al-maʕrūfatayni
    plural masculine feminine
    sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مَعْرُوفِين
    maʕrūfīn     		الْمَعْرُوفِين
    al-maʕrūfīn     		مَعْرُوفَات
    maʕrūfāt     		الْمَعْرُوفَات
    al-maʕrūfāt
    nominative مَعْرُوفُونَ
    maʕrūfūna     		الْمَعْرُوفُونَ
    al-maʕrūfūna     		مَعْرُوفَاتٌ
    maʕrūfātun     		الْمَعْرُوفَاتُ
    al-maʕrūfātu
    accusative مَعْرُوفِينَ
    maʕrūfīna     		الْمَعْرُوفِينَ
    al-maʕrūfīna     		مَعْرُوفَاتٍ
    maʕrūfātin     		الْمَعْرُوفَاتِ
    al-maʕrūfāti
    genitive مَعْرُوفِينَ
    maʕrūfīna     		الْمَعْرُوفِينَ
    al-maʕrūfīna     		مَعْرُوفَاتٍ
    maʕrūfātin     		الْمَعْرُوفَاتِ
    al-maʕrūfāti

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: məruf
    • → Ottoman Turkish: معروف (maruf)
    • → Persian: معروف (ma'ruf)
    • → Swahili: maarufu
    • → Urdu: مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf)
    • → Uzbek: maʼruf

    Noun

    مَعْرُوف • (maʕrūf) m

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

    Declension

    Declension of noun مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَعْرُوف
    maʕrūf     		الْمَعْرُوف
    al-maʕrūf     		مَعْرُوف
    maʕrūf
    nominative مَعْرُوفٌ
    maʕrūfun     		الْمَعْرُوفُ
    al-maʕrūfu     		مَعْرُوفُ
    maʕrūfu
    accusative مَعْرُوفًا
    maʕrūfan     		الْمَعْرُوفَ
    al-maʕrūfa     		مَعْرُوفَ
    maʕrūfa
    genitive مَعْرُوفٍ
    maʕrūfin     		الْمَعْرُوفِ
    al-maʕrūfi     		مَعْرُوفِ
    maʕrūfi

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
    Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf)bor.
    Persian معروف

    Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

    Pronunciation

     
     

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

    Adjective

    معروف • (ma'rūf / ma'ruf) (comparative معروف‌تَر, superlative معروف‌تَرین, Tajik spelling маъруф)

    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'rūf / ma'ruf) (Tajik spelling маъруф)

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

    Inflection

    Basic forms of معروف
    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، معروفین△ (ma'rufid, ma'rufin△)
    3rd person
    (“he/she/it is, they are”)     		معروف است، معروفه△ (ma'ruf ast, ma'rufe△) معروفند، معروفن△ (ma'rufand, ma'rufan△)

    △ Colloquial.

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ع ر ف
    6 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

    Pronunciation

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

    Adjective

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

    1. known, well-known, familiar

    See also

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
    Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf)bor.
    Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf)bor.
    Urdu مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf), borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf), from عَرَفَ (ʕarafa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.ɾuːf/, [mɑː.ɾuːf]
    • Rhymes: -uːf
    • Hyphenation: مَعْ‧رُوف

    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 or close 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “معروف”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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