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Where does “marifet” come from?

marifet (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish معرفت, from Arabic مَعْرِفَة — knowledge.

marifet (Serbo-Croatian): knowledge, cognizance, informedness, epiphany;...

Definitions

  1. knowledge, cognizance, informedness, epiphany;...

Ancestry of “marifet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمعرفتconnaissance, knowledge; science, branch of...
2Arabicمَعْرِفَةknowledge

Words derived from “marifet”

  • marifetluk
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