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معروف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root 'معروف' primarily relates to knowing, recognizing, and being known. It encompasses concepts of familiarity, commonness, and established knowledge, extending to the idea of a recognized or famous person.

Derived headwords

مَعْرُوفname
  1. 1.
    Biographical nameboth

    A proper name, specifically referring to a person named Ma'ruf.

خَرْبُوذname
  1. 1.
    Biographical name componentboth

    A component of a proper name, referring to Kharbudh.

مَعْرُوف بْن خَرْبُوذname
  1. 1.
    Ma'ruf ibn Kharbudhboth

    A specific individual, Ma'ruf ibn Kharbudh, identified as a Hadith narrator and linguist from Mecca.

مَكِّيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Meccanboth

    Pertaining to or originating from the city of Mecca.

Parallel reading

معروف بن خربوذ، بفتح الخاء والراء المشددة، وضم الباء الموحدة: محدث لغوي مكي.
Ma'ruf ibn Kharbudh, with fath on the khāʼ and the emphasized rāʼ, and ḍamm on the first bāʼ: a Meccan Hadith narrator and linguist.