اعتراف

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
16 terms

Etymology

From form-VIII verb اِعْتَرَفَ (iʕtarafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʕ.ti.raːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

اِعْتِرَاف • (iʕtirāf) m (plural اِعْتِرَافَات (iʕtirāfāt))

1. verbal noun of اِعْتَرَفَ (iʕtarafa) (form VIII)
   • 2019 April 9, “لأول مرة.. بوتين يعلق على قضية "الجولان" [For the first time... Putin comments on the matter of "the Golan Heights"]”, in Maan News Agency‎^[1]:

     في أول تعليق له أكد الرئيس الروسي، فلاديمير بوتين، إدانة بلاده لقرار نظيره الأمريكي، دونالد ترامب، الاعتراف بسيادة إسرائيل على الجولان السوري المحتل.

     In his first comment on the issue, the Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed his country's condemnation of the decision of his American counterpart Donald Trump to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

2. confession

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَاف iʕtirāf	الِاعْتِرَاف al-iʕtirāf	اِعْتِرَاف iʕtirāf
nominative	اِعْتِرَافٌ iʕtirāfun	الِاعْتِرَافُ al-iʕtirāfu	اِعْتِرَافُ iʕtirāfu
accusative	اِعْتِرَافًا iʕtirāfan	الِاعْتِرَافَ al-iʕtirāfa	اِعْتِرَافَ iʕtirāfa
genitive	اِعْتِرَافٍ iʕtirāfin	الِاعْتِرَافِ al-iʕtirāfi	اِعْتِرَافِ iʕtirāfi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَافَيْن iʕtirāfayn	الِاعْتِرَافَيْن al-iʕtirāfayn	اِعْتِرَافَيْ iʕtirāfay
nominative	اِعْتِرَافَانِ iʕtirāfāni	الِاعْتِرَافَانِ al-iʕtirāfāni	اِعْتِرَافَا iʕtirāfā
accusative	اِعْتِرَافَيْنِ iʕtirāfayni	الِاعْتِرَافَيْنِ al-iʕtirāfayni	اِعْتِرَافَيْ iʕtirāfay
genitive	اِعْتِرَافَيْنِ iʕtirāfayni	الِاعْتِرَافَيْنِ al-iʕtirāfayni	اِعْتِرَافَيْ iʕtirāfay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَافَات iʕtirāfāt	الِاعْتِرَافَات al-iʕtirāfāt	اِعْتِرَافَات iʕtirāfāt
nominative	اِعْتِرَافَاتٌ iʕtirāfātun	الِاعْتِرَافَاتُ al-iʕtirāfātu	اِعْتِرَافَاتُ iʕtirāfātu
accusative	اِعْتِرَافَاتٍ iʕtirāfātin	الِاعْتِرَافَاتِ al-iʕtirāfāti	اِعْتِرَافَاتِ iʕtirāfāti
genitive	اِعْتِرَافَاتٍ iʕtirāfātin	الِاعْتِرَافَاتِ al-iʕtirāfāti	اِعْتِرَافَاتِ iʕtirāfāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: etiraf
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعتراف (itirâf)
  • Turkish: itiraf
  • → Crimean Tatar: itiraf
• → Persian: اعتراف (e'terâf)
• → Tajik: иътироф (i'tirof)
• → Hindi: ए'तिराफ़ (e'tirāf)
• → Urdu: اعتراف
• → Uyghur: ئېتىراپ (ëtirap)
• → Uzbek: eʼtirof

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Noun

اعتراف • (itirâf)

1. confession

Descendants

• Turkish: itiraf

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiʔ.ti.ˈraːf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.ɾɔːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.ɹɒːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.ɾɔf]

Readings
Classical reading?	i'tirāf
Dari reading?	e'tirāf
Iranian reading?	e'terâf
Tajik reading?	e'tirof

Noun

Dari	اعتراف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эътироф

اعتراف • (e'terâf) (plural اعترافات, or اعتراف‌ها)

1. confession

Derived terms

• اعتراف کردن (e'terâf kardan, “to confess”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eː.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.ɾɑːf/

Noun

اعتراف • (e'tirāf) m (Hindi spelling एतिराफ़)

1. acknowledgment, avowal, confession

Derived terms

• اعتراف کرنا

Further reading

• “اعتراف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اعتراف”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “اعتراف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.