irfan
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish عِرْفَان (irfān, “a general knowledge of polite and scientific matters”), borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān, “knowledge”).
Noun edit
irfan (definite accusative irfanı, plural irfanlar)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “irfan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “irfan”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian