Arif (given name)
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʕaːrɪf] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | South Semitic,[1] Arabic[2] |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "kind, good, smart, knowledgeable and wise"[3] |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Aref, Aarif, Aaref |
| See also | Arifa, Maarif, Muarif |
Arif (Template:Lang-ar also spelled Aref in Pushtu, Persian & Urdu, or Arief in Indonesian & Malay) is a Semitic name that is common in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It later spread to other Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey as well as among Muslims in India. In early Islam it can also refer to a man who has been taught customary law and entrusted with certain duties: distributing stipends to the warriors, collecting blood money, guarding the interest of orphans, and assisting in controlling of the markets.[4]
Given name
Aarif
- Aarif Rahman, Hong Kong actor
Aref
- Aref al-Aref, Palestinian journalist and politician
- Aref Arefkia, Iranian pop singer
- Aref al-Dajani, Palestinian politician
- Aref Durvesh, Indian musician
- Aref Qazvini, Iranian poet
- Aref Tayfour, Iraqi politician
Arief
- Arief Budiman, Indonesian political activist
- Arief Yahya, current Indonesian Minister of Tourism
Arif
- Arifur Rahman, Norwegian political cartoonist
- Arif Alaftargil (born 1973), Turkish alpine skier
- Arif Aziz, Azerbaijan artist and educator
- Arif Dirlik, Turkish historian
- Arif Erdem, Turkish footballer
- Arif Heralić, Bosnian metal worker
- Arif Karaoğlan, Turkish-German footballer
- Arif Mohammad Khan, Indian politician and current governor of Kerala
- Arif Pašalić, Bosnian military officer
- Arif Sağ, Turkish singer
- Arif Şentürk, Turkish singer
- Arif Susam, Turkish singer
- Benjamin Arif Dousa, president of Sweden's Moderata ungdomsförbundet
- Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Muhammad Arif Sufi, Muslim alias of Malaysian convicted murderer Micheal Anak Garing, who was sentenced to death and executed in 2019 for murdering an Indian construction worker in Singapore.
References
- ^ "ArifZefen". ArifZefen.
- ^ Team, Almaany. "قاموس ومعجم المعاني متعدد اللغات والمجالات - قاموس عربي عربي و قاموس عربي انجليزي ثنائي". www.almaany.com.
- ^ "قاموس معاجم قاموس عربي عربي, معجم عربي عربي".
- ^ "And Amicable Settlement Is Best": Ṣulḥ and Dispute Resolution in Islamic Law. Aida Othman. Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2007), pp. 64-90 Published by: BRILL Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27650573
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