معروف

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f)

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
    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
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

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.ɾúːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.ɾúːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.ɾúf]

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/, [maʕˈruːf]
  • 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 معروف (ma'rūf), from Arabic مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf).

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 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, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معروف”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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