معروف

معروف

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of عَرَفَ‎ (ʿarafa, “know”), verb form I from the root ع ر ف‎ (ʿ-r-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ruːf/

Adjective

مَعْرُوف • (maʿrūf) (feminine مَعْرُوفَة‎ (maʿrūfa), masculine plural مَعْرُوفُونَ‎ (maʿrūfūna))

1. known
2. recognized
3. conventional
4. decent
5. fair
6. adequate
7. good
8. pleasant

Declension

Declension of adjective مَعْرُوف (maʿrūf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْرُوف maʿrūf	الْمَعْرُوف‎ al-maʿrūf	مَعْرُوفَة‎ maʿrūfa	الْمَعْرُوفَة‎ al-maʿrūfa
Nominative	مَعْرُوفٌ maʿrūfun	الْمَعْرُوفُ‎ al-maʿrūfu	مَعْرُوفَةٌ‎ maʿrūfatun	الْمَعْرُوفَةُ‎ al-maʿrūfatu
Accusative	مَعْرُوفًا‎ maʿrūfan	الْمَعْرُوفَ‎ al-maʿrūfa	مَعْرُوفَةً‎ maʿrūfatan	الْمَعْرُوفَةَ‎ al-maʿrūfata
Genitive	مَعْرُوفٍ maʿrūfin	الْمَعْرُوفِ‎ al-maʿrūfi	مَعْرُوفَةٍ‎ maʿrūfatin	الْمَعْرُوفَةِ‎ al-maʿrūfati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْرُوفَيْن‎ maʿrūfayn	الْمَعْرُوفَيْن‎ al-maʿrūfayn	مَعْرُوفَتَيْن‎ maʿrūfatayn	الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْن‎ al-maʿrūfatayn
Nominative	مَعْرُوفَانِ‎ maʿrūfāni	الْمَعْرُوفَانِ‎ al-maʿrūfāni	مَعْرُوفَتَانِ‎ maʿrūfatāni	الْمَعْرُوفَتَانِ‎ al-maʿrūfatāni
Accusative	مَعْرُوفَيْنِ‎ maʿrūfayni	الْمَعْرُوفَيْنِ‎ al-maʿrūfayni	مَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ‎ maʿrūfatayni	الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ‎ al-maʿrūfatayni
Genitive	مَعْرُوفَيْنِ‎ maʿrūfayni	الْمَعْرُوفَيْنِ‎ al-maʿrūfayni	مَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ‎ maʿrūfatayni	الْمَعْرُوفَتَيْنِ‎ al-maʿrūfatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْرُوفِين‎ maʿrūfīn	الْمَعْرُوفِين‎ al-maʿrūfīn	مَعْرُوفَات‎ maʿrūfāt	الْمَعْرُوفَات‎ al-maʿrūfāt
Nominative	مَعْرُوفُونَ‎ maʿrūfūna	الْمَعْرُوفُونَ‎ al-maʿrūfūna	مَعْرُوفَاتٌ‎ maʿrūfātun	الْمَعْرُوفَاتُ‎ al-maʿrūfātu
Accusative	مَعْرُوفِينَ‎ maʿrūfīna	الْمَعْرُوفِينَ‎ al-maʿrūfīna	مَعْرُوفَاتٍ‎ maʿrūfātin	الْمَعْرُوفَاتِ‎ al-maʿrūfāti
Genitive	مَعْرُوفِينَ‎ maʿrūfīna	الْمَعْرُوفِينَ‎ al-maʿrūfīna	مَعْرُوفَاتٍ‎ maʿrūfātin	الْمَعْرُوفَاتِ‎ al-maʿrūfāti

Descendants

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

Noun

مَعْرُوف • (maʿrūf) m

1. beneficence
2. benefice
3. decency

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْرُوف (maʿrūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْرُوف maʿrūf	الْمَعْرُوف‎ al-maʿrūf	مَعْرُوف maʿrūf
Nominative	مَعْرُوفٌ maʿrūfun	الْمَعْرُوفُ‎ al-maʿrūfu	مَعْرُوفُ maʿrūfu
Accusative	مَعْرُوفًا‎ maʿrūfan	الْمَعْرُوفَ‎ al-maʿrūfa	مَعْرُوفَ maʿrūfa
Genitive	مَعْرُوفٍ maʿrūfin	الْمَعْرُوفِ‎ al-maʿrūfi	مَعْرُوفِ maʿrūfi

Synonyms

• جَمِيل‎ (jamīl)

Antonyms

• مُنْكَر‎ (munkar)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرُوف‎ (maʿrūf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /maʔɾuːf/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /maʔɾuːf/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mæʔɾuːf/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /maʔɾuf/

Adjective

Dari	معروف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маъруф (maʾruf)

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

1. famous, renowned

   Synonym: مشهور‎ (mašhur)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2829:

     ‏هر هنر که استا بدان معروف شد / جان شاگردان بدان موصوف شد‎

     har honar ke ostâ bedân ma'ruf šod, jân-e šâgerdân bedân mowsuf šod

     For whatever science the master is renowned, the souls of his pupils become endued with the same.

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.

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ف‎

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْرُوف‎ (maʿrūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ruːf/, [maʕˈruːf]

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Adjective

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

1. known, well-known, familiar

See also

• معلوم‎ (maʕlūm, “known, obvious”)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معروف‎ (ma'rūf), itself from Arabic مَعْرُوف‎ (maʿrūf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ɾuːf/, /mə.(ʔ)ɾuːf/
• Rhymes: -uːf
• Hyphenation: مَعْ‧رُوف

Adjective

مَعْرُوف • (mārūf) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मारूफ़)

1. famous, renowned

   Synonym: مشہور‎ (maśhūr)

References

• “معروف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “معروف”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.