तारीफ़
Hindi
Alternative forms
- तारीफ (tārīph)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَعْرِیف (ta'rīf), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf), from عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa), from the root ع ر ف (ʕ r f). Cognate with English tariff, hence doublet of टैरिफ़ (ṭairif).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːf/, [t̪äː.ɾiːf], /t̪ɑː.ɾiːpʰ/, [t̪äː.ɾiːpʰ]
Noun
तारीफ़ • (tārīf) f (Urdu spelling تَعْرِیف)
- praise, commendation
- Synonym: प्रशंसा (praśansā)
- (figurative) merit
- the facts which are to be known (about one), introduction (of a stranger)
- (historical) table of rates and export duties, tariff
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तारीफ़ tārīf |
तारीफ़ें tārīfẽ |
| oblique | तारीफ़ tārīf |
तारीफ़ों tārīfõ |
| vocative | तारीफ़ tārīf |
तारीफ़ो tārīfo |
Derived terms
- तारीफ़ करना (tārīf karnā)
- क़ाबिल-ए-तारीफ़ (qābil-e-tārīf)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तारीफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press