arife

Turkish

Alternative forms

• arefe

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عرفه (ʿarife), from Arabic عَرَفَة (ʕarafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈfe/
• Hyphenation: a‧ri‧fe

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Noun

arife (definite accusative arifeyi, plural arifeler)

1. eve (day or night before holiday)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	arife
Definite accusative	arifeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arife	arifeler
Definite accusative	arifeyi	arifeleri
Dative	arifeye	arifelere
Locative	arifede	arifelerde
Ablative	arifeden	arifelerden
Genitive	arifenin	arifelerin

Synonyms

• arife günü

References

• “arife”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arife”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295