Where does “عرف” come from?
عرف (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic عَرَفَ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
عرف (Egyptian Arabic): to know
Ancestry of “عرف”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | عَرَفَ | know; to know, get to know, find out |
| 2 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |