Arabic vocabulary
عَرَفknown
How to say “known” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فليت شعري أنت ماذا عرفت؟ وما علمك،
I wish to know what you have understood? And what is your knowledge,
عَرَفْتَ — you have known. A past-tense verb meaning you knew or recognized, with the 'you' subject marked by its ending. The bare past asks about completed knowledge, 'what did you come to know'.
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