عرف

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عرف^¹

/ʕa.ra.fa/

verb عَرَفَ · ʕarafa · يَعْرِفُ · مَعْرِفَة · عِرْفَان

transitive to be familiar with (a person, a place, a piece of news or information, and so on); to know هَلْ تَعْرِفُهَا؟
Similar: خَبُرَ · Opposite: أَنْكَرَ, جَهِلَ
transitive to be familiar with (a skill or profession); to be experienced in; to be proficient at or in; can هُوَ عَارِفٌ بِالْيَابَانِيَّةِ
Similar: أَجَادَ
transitive to recognise (a person, a place, and so on); to identify; to recall .أَرَيْتُهَا صُورَتَهُ فَلَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ
Similar: تَذَكَّرَ
transitive to become aware of; to find out فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ كاذِبٌ.
Similar: أَدْرَكَ

عرف^²

/ʕar.ra.fa/

verb عَرَّفَ · ʕarrafa · يُعَرِّفُ · تَعْرِيف · مُعَرِّف

transitive to define
ditransitive, transitive to tell about, to inform of, to make aware of; to acquaint with, to introduce to

عرف^³

/ʕurf/

noun عُرْف · ʕurf · أَعْرَاف

countable, transitive a practice that is widely known somewhere or in some group; a convention; custom; a tradition
Similar: سُنَّة
countable, transitive any tuftlike protuberance; an outgrowth
Similar: نُتُوء
countable, transitive, uncommon the forelock of a horse

عرف^⁴

/ʕarf/

noun عَرْف · ʕarf

countable, transitive scent, aroma

In English

know be acquainted or familiar with
mane longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
convention generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
custom frequent repetition of the same act

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عرف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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