taaruf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic تَعَارُف (taʕāruf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taaruf/
• Hyphenation: ta‧a‧ruf

Noun

taaruf (plural taaruf-taaruf, first-person possessive taarufku, second-person possessive taarufmu, third-person possessive taarufnya)

1. introduction: A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.

   Synonym: perkenalan

Further reading

• “taaruf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.