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معرفت

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See also: معرفة

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɑʔriˈfɛt], [mɑʔrɯˈfɛt]

Noun

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معرفت (maʼrifet, maʼrıfet) (plural معارف (maʼarif, maʼarıf))

  1. connaissance, knowledge
  2. science, branch of science, field, art
  3. (in the plural) education, learning
  4. (in the plural) the “knowing people”, i.e. influence, connections, blat
  5. connaissance, the knowing how things get done, adroitness, a skill, artifice
  6. a skill, a stratagem, a trick, an artifice
  7. a method, means, way, intervention

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ma'rifat
Dari reading? ma'rifat
Iranian reading? ma'refat
Tajik reading? maʾrifat

Noun

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Dari معرفت
Iranian Persian
Tajik маърифат

معرفت (ma'refat)

  1. knowledge
  2. learning