تعارف · تَعَارُف — ritual courtesy: polite offering, insisting and declining (taʾārof kardan)
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Arabic
تَعَارُف
taʿāruf/taʕaːruf/
In Arabic
getting to know each other, mutual acquaintance
Arabic says: مُجَامَلَة mujāmala
Persian
تعارف
taʾārof/tæʔɒrof/
In Persian
ritual courtesy: polite offering, insisting and declining (taʾārof kardan)
- Root
- ع ر ف
- Pattern
- تَفَاعُل
Note. Arabic taʿāruf is people introducing themselves to one another; the Persian etiquette of offering and declining is closest to Arabic mujāmala, courtesy.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr