عرفان

Arabic
Root
ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f)

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

Noun

عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m

  1. verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)

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

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān).

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

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)
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