عرفان

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕir.faːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m

1. verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun عِرْفَان (ʕirfān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِرْفَان ʕirfān	الْعِرْفَان al-ʕirfān	عِرْفَان ʕirfān
Nominative	عِرْفَانٌ ʕirfānun	الْعِرْفَانُ al-ʕirfānu	عِرْفَانُ ʕirfānu
Accusative	عِرْفَانًا ʕirfānan	الْعِرْفَانَ al-ʕirfāna	عِرْفَانَ ʕirfāna
Genitive	عِرْفَانٍ ʕirfānin	الْعِرْفَانِ al-ʕirfāni	عِرْفَانِ ʕirfāni

Derived terms

• عِرْفَانِيَّة (ʕirfāniyya)
• عِرْفَانِيّ (ʕirfāniyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ürfan
• → Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)
• → Persian: عرفان ('erfân)
• → Turkish: irfan

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.ˈfɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.fɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.fɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɹ.fɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.fɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	'irfān
Dari reading?	'irfān
Iranian reading?	'erfân
Tajik reading?	irfon

Noun

Dari	عرفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ирфон

عرفان • ('erfân)

1. knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism
2. gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge
3. mysticism
   1. Islamic mysticism

Proper noun

Dari	عرفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ирфон

عرفان • ('erfân)

1. a male given name, Erfan, from Arabic.

Derived terms

• عرفانی ('erfâni)