تعارف

Compare عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

تَعَارَفَ • (taʕārafa) VI (non-past يَتَعَارَفُ (yataʕārafu), verbal noun تَعَارُف (taʕāruf))

1. (reciprocal) to get to know one another, become acquainted with one another
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:13:

     يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا

     yā ʔayyuhā n-nāsu ʔinnā ḵalaqnākum min ḏakarin waʔunṯā wajaʕalnākum šuʕūban waqabāʔila litaʕārafū

     O mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female and made you nations and tribes that you may be well acquainted with one another.

2. to become acquainted (بِ (bi) with)

• Mace, John (2007) “تعارف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

تَعَارُف • (taʕāruf) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَارَفَ (taʕārafa) (form VI)

Borrowed from Arabic تَعَارُف (taʕāruf), from تَعَارَفَ (taʕārafa).

تعارف • (ta'āruf / ta'ârof) (Tajik spelling таоруф)

1. ta'arof/taarof; the intricate Persian system of etiquette and good manners, emphasizing extreme deference, humility, and respect.

• تعارف on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تعارف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَارُف (ta'āruf), borrowed from Arabic تَعَارُف (taʕāruf), from تَعَارَفَ (taʕārafa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑː.ɾʊf/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾʊf/

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• Rhymes: -ʊf

تَعَارُف • (taʻāruf) m (Hindi spelling ताअरुफ़)

1. introduction
2. acquaintancy, acquaintanceship
3. preface

• “تعارف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تعارف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.