عرفان

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
16 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕir.faːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m

1. verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)
2. knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:معرفة

3. gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge
4. mysticism
   1. Islamic mysticism

Declension

Declension of noun عِرْفَان (ʕirfān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِرْفَان ʕirfān	الْعِرْفَان al-ʕirfān	عِرْفَان ʕirfān
Nominative	عِرْفَانٌ ʕirfānun	الْعِرْفَانُ al-ʕirfānu	عِرْفَانُ ʕirfānu
Accusative	عِرْفَانًا ʕirfānan	الْعِرْفَانَ al-ʕirfāna	عِرْفَانَ ʕirfāna
Genitive	عِرْفَانٍ ʕirfānin	الْعِرْفَانِ al-ʕirfāni	عِرْفَانِ ʕirfāni

Derived terms

• عِرْفَانِيَّة (ʕirfāniyya)
• عِرْفَانِيّ (ʕirfāniyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ürfan
• → Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)
• → Persian: عرفان ('erfân)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عرفان (irfān)
  • → Turkish: irfan

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.ˈfɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.fɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɹ.fɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.fɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	irfān
Dari reading?	irfān
Iranian reading?	erfân
Tajik reading?	irfon

Noun

Dari	عرفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ирфон

عرفان • ('erfân)

1. knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism
2. gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge
3. mysticism
   1. Islamic mysticism

Proper noun

Dari	عرفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ирфон

عرفان • ('erfân)

1. a male given name, Erfan, from Arabic

Derived terms

• عرفانی ('erfâni)