اعتراف

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
16 terms

Etymology

From form-VIII verb اِعْتَرَفَ (iʕtarafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʕ.ti.raːf/
  • Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

اِعْتِرَاف • (iʕtirāfm (plural اِعْتِرَافَات (iʕtirāfāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِعْتَرَفَ (iʕtarafa) (form VIII)
    • 2019 April 9, “لأول مرة.. بوتين يعلق على قضية "الجولان" [For the first time... Putin comments on the matter of "the Golan Heights"]”, in Maan News Agency[1]:
      في أول تعليق له أكد الرئيس الروسي، فلاديمير بوتين، إدانة بلاده لقرار نظيره الأمريكي، دونالد ترامب، الاعتراف بسيادة إسرائيل على الجولان السوري المحتل.
      In his first comment on the issue, the Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed his country's condemnation of the decision of his American counterpart Donald Trump to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
  2. confession

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِعْتِرَاف
iʕtirāf
الِاعْتِرَاف
al-iʕtirāf
اِعْتِرَاف
iʕtirāf
nominative اِعْتِرَافٌ
iʕtirāfun
الِاعْتِرَافُ
al-iʕtirāfu
اِعْتِرَافُ
iʕtirāfu
accusative اِعْتِرَافًا
iʕtirāfan
الِاعْتِرَافَ
al-iʕtirāfa
اِعْتِرَافَ
iʕtirāfa
genitive اِعْتِرَافٍ
iʕtirāfin
الِاعْتِرَافِ
al-iʕtirāfi
اِعْتِرَافِ
iʕtirāfi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal اِعْتِرَافَيْن
iʕtirāfayn
الِاعْتِرَافَيْن
al-iʕtirāfayn
اِعْتِرَافَيْ
iʕtirāfay
nominative اِعْتِرَافَانِ
iʕtirāfāni
الِاعْتِرَافَانِ
al-iʕtirāfāni
اِعْتِرَافَا
iʕtirāfā
accusative اِعْتِرَافَيْنِ
iʕtirāfayni
الِاعْتِرَافَيْنِ
al-iʕtirāfayni
اِعْتِرَافَيْ
iʕtirāfay
genitive اِعْتِرَافَيْنِ
iʕtirāfayni
الِاعْتِرَافَيْنِ
al-iʕtirāfayni
اِعْتِرَافَيْ
iʕtirāfay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal اِعْتِرَافَات
iʕtirāfāt
الِاعْتِرَافَات
al-iʕtirāfāt
اِعْتِرَافَات
iʕtirāfāt
nominative اِعْتِرَافَاتٌ
iʕtirāfātun
الِاعْتِرَافَاتُ
al-iʕtirāfātu
اِعْتِرَافَاتُ
iʕtirāfātu
accusative اِعْتِرَافَاتٍ
iʕtirāfātin
الِاعْتِرَافَاتِ
al-iʕtirāfāti
اِعْتِرَافَاتِ
iʕtirāfāti
genitive اِعْتِرَافَاتٍ
iʕtirāfātin
الِاعْتِرَافَاتِ
al-iʕtirāfāti
اِعْتِرَافَاتِ
iʕtirāfāti

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: etiraf
  • Ottoman Turkish: اعتراف (itirâf)
  • Persian: اعتراف (e'terâf)
  • Tajik: иътироф (i'tirof)
  • Hindi: ए'तिराफ़ (e'tirāf)
  • Urdu: اعتراف
  • Uyghur: ئېتىراپ (ëtirap)
  • Uzbek: eʼtirof

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Noun

اعتراف • (itirâf)

  1. confession

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.ɾɔːf]

Readings
Classical reading? i'tirāf
Dari reading? e'tirāf
Iranian reading? e'terâf
Tajik reading? e'irof

Noun

Dari اعتراف
Iranian Persian
Tajik эътироф

اعتراف • (e'terâf) (plural اعترافات, or اعتراف‌ها)

  1. confession

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Pronunciation

Noun

اعتراف • (e'tirāfm (Hindi spelling एतिराफ़)

  1. acknowledgment, avowal, confession

Derived terms

  • اعتراف کرنا

Further reading

  • اعتراف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتراف”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • اعتراف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.