Maʿrūf
معروف
Say it ma-ROOF
Known kindness
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-r-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Maruf, Ma’ruf, Maroof, Marouf
Meaning & source
Kindness, what is known to be good: Ibn Fāris says al-ʿurf is al-maʿrūf, so called because souls rest easy with it.
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بواضحةِ الخدّين طيِّبة العَرْفِ والعُرْف: المعروف، وسمِّى بذلك لأنَّ النفوس تسكُن إليه.
Who carried this name
- Maʿrūf al-Karkhī of Baghdad al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 111 (vol. 9, p. 339)