Etymograph

English

ma'ruf

Ma'ruf comes from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف ‘famous’, from Arabic مَعْرُوف ‘known’, and ultimately from عَرَفَ ‘know’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentعَرَفَʕarafa‘know’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَعْرُوفmaʕrūf‘known’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentsame formma'rūf‘famous’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1872ma'ruf

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentعَرَفَʕarafa‘know’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَعْرُوفmaʕrūf‘known’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentsame formma'rūf‘famous’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1872ma'ruf

Earliest quotation: 1872, John Dowson: “Mârūf مَعروُف and majhul مَجھوُل, known and un-known. These…”

Every English word from Arabic عَرَفَ

Today it means

noun A class of vowel used in various Arabic script languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu, among others: A vowel phoneme that is phonemically equivalent to a vowel in Classical Arabic.

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Etymograph / Arabic عَرَفَ / ma'ruf

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