"ma'ruf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ma'rufs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf, “famous”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fa-cls|مَعْرُوف||famous|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=ma'rūf|ts=}} Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf, “famous”), {{bor+|en|fa-cls|مَعْرُوف|t=famous|tr=ma'rūf}} Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf, “famous”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ma'ruf (plural ma'rufs)
  1. a semivowel or diacritic, in Arabic script languages, that is being pronounced similarly to how it would in Arabic. Used to describe vowel quality for vowel characters that have multiple corresponding vowel phonemes in languages such as Classical Persian, modern Dari, and Urdu . Synonyms: ma'rūf, maruf, marūf, mārūf

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