"عرفان" meaning in Arabic

See عرفان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʕir.faːn/
Rhymes: -aːn Head templates: {{ar-noun|عِرْفَان|m}} عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|عِرْفَان}} Forms: عِرْفَان [canonical], ʕirfān [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], عِرْفَان [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْعِرْفَان [definite, informal, singular, triptote], عِرْفَان [construct, informal, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْعِرْفَانُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْعِرْفَانَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْعِرْفَانِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], عِرْفَانِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I) Tags: form-of, noun-from-verb Form of: عَرَفَ (extra: (ʕarafa) (form I))
    Sense id: en-عرفان-ar-noun-PpG-zwB7 Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ع ر ف Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 19 22 17 21 21 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ع ر ف: 60 22 6 5 8
  2. knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism Synonyms: مَعْرِفَة, عِلْم, اِطِّلَاع, إِحَاطَة, إِدْرَاك, دِرَايَة, إِلْمَام, عِرْفَان, فَهْم, مَعْلُومَات
    Sense id: en-عرفان-ar-noun-VrbhjTKz Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 18 21 23 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 19 22 17 21 21
  3. gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge
    Sense id: en-عرفان-ar-noun-5IE0xpQ8 Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 19 22 17 21 21
  4. mysticism
    Sense id: en-عرفان-ar-noun-eXUdzusU Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 19 22 17 21 21
  5. mysticism
    Islamic mysticism
    Sense id: en-عرفان-ar-noun-ehv4b8NP Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 19 22 17 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: عِرْفَانِيَّة (ʕirfāniyya), عِرْفَانِيّ (ʕirfāniyy)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ʕirfāniyya",
      "word": "عِرْفَانِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ʕirfāniyy",
      "word": "عِرْفَانِيّ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "ürfan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: ürfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: ürfan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ইরফান",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "irphan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "عرفان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "'erfân"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: عرفان ('erfân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: عرفان ('erfân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "عرفان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "irfān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: عرفان (irfān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: عرفان (irfān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "irfan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: irfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: irfan"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʕirfān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "roman": "ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَان",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "roman": "ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانٌ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانُ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانُ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانًا",
      "roman": "ʕirfānan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانَ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانَ",
      "roman": "ʕirfāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانٍ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانِ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانِ",
      "roman": "ʕirfāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "عِرْفَان",
        "2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "عِرْفَان"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 17 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 22 6 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ع ر ف",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(ʕarafa) (form I)",
          "word": "عَرَفَ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)"
      ],
      "id": "en-عرفان-ar-noun-PpG-zwB7",
      "links": [
        [
          "عَرَفَ",
          "عرف#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 32 18 21 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 17 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism"
      ],
      "id": "en-عرفان-ar-noun-VrbhjTKz",
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "knowing",
          "knowing"
        ],
        [
          "cognition",
          "cognition"
        ],
        [
          "Sufism",
          "Sufism"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "مَعْرِفَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "عِلْم"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "اِطِّلَاع"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِحَاطَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِدْرَاك"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "دِرَايَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِلْمَام"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "عِرْفَان"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "فَهْم"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "مَعْلُومَات"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 17 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-عرفان-ar-noun-5IE0xpQ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnosis",
          "gnosis"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 17 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mysticism"
      ],
      "id": "en-عرفان-ar-noun-eXUdzusU",
      "links": [
        [
          "mysticism",
          "mysticism"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 17 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mysticism",
        "Islamic mysticism"
      ],
      "id": "en-عرفان-ar-noun-ehv4b8NP",
      "links": [
        [
          "mysticism",
          "mysticism"
        ],
        [
          "Islamic",
          "Islamic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕir.faːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "عرفان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ع ر ف",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Arabic/aːn",
    "Rhymes:Arabic/aːn/2 syllables",
    "fa:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ʕirfāniyya",
      "word": "عِرْفَانِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʕirfāniyy",
      "word": "عِرْفَانِيّ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "ürfan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: ürfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: ürfan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ইরফান",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "irphan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: ইরফান (irphan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "عرفان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "'erfân"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: عرفان ('erfân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: عرفان ('erfân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "عرفان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "irfān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: عرفان (irfān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: عرفان (irfān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "irfan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: irfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: irfan"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʕirfān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "roman": "ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَان",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَان",
      "roman": "ʕirfān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانٌ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانُ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانُ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانًا",
      "roman": "ʕirfānan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانَ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانَ",
      "roman": "ʕirfāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانٍ",
      "roman": "ʕirfānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْعِرْفَانِ",
      "roman": "al-ʕirfāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عِرْفَانِ",
      "roman": "ʕirfāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "عِرْفَان",
        "2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "عِرْفَان • (ʕirfān) m",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "عِرْفَان"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic verbal nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(ʕarafa) (form I)",
          "word": "عَرَفَ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "عَرَفَ",
          "عرف#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge, knowing, cognition, especially in Sufism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "knowing",
          "knowing"
        ],
        [
          "cognition",
          "cognition"
        ],
        [
          "Sufism",
          "Sufism"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "مَعْرِفَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "عِلْم"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "اِطِّلَاع"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِحَاطَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِدْرَاك"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "دِرَايَة"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "إِلْمَام"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "عِرْفَان"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "فَهْم"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:معرفة",
          "word": "مَعْلُومَات"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gnosis, the attainment of direct spiritual knowledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gnosis",
          "gnosis"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mysticism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mysticism",
          "mysticism"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mysticism",
        "Islamic mysticism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mysticism",
          "mysticism"
        ],
        [
          "Islamic",
          "Islamic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕir.faːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "عرفان"
}

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