See also: تعريف and تعريق

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ta'rīf
Dari reading? ta'rīf
Iranian reading? ta'rif
Tajik reading? taʾrif

Noun edit

تعریف (ta'rif) (plural تعریف‌ها (ta'rif-hâ) or تعاریف (ta'ârif))

  1. definition
  2. description, explanation, narration
  3. praise, commendation
  4. making something known
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “2:290—291”, in The Masnavi:
      دشمن روزند این قلابکان، عاشق روزند آن زرهای کان، ز آن که روز است آینه‌ی تعریف او.
      došman-e ruz-and in qellâbekân, 'âšeq-e ruz-and ân zarhâ-ye kân, z-ân-ke ruz ast âyene-ye ta'rif-e u.
      These counterfeiters are the enemies of the day, and those pieces of gold are the lovers of day, because the day is the mirror that makes it [the purity of gold] known.

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian تعریف (ta'rīf), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).

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Noun edit

تعریف (tārīff (Hindi spelling तारीफ़)

  1. definition, description
  2. praise, commendation, laudation, admiration
  3. a table of rates of export and import duties