irfan
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish عِرْفَان (irfān, “a general knowledge of polite and scientific matters”), borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān, “knowledge”).
Noun
editirfan (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