tarifi

Tarifi is a Turkish noun with several related meanings and usages. It derives from the Arabic taʿrīf, meaning definition, designation, or introduction, and appears in Turkish in two main senses: as a recipe and as a description or definition.

In everyday language, tarifi most commonly appears in culinary contexts as part of phrases like yemek tarifi or tatlı tarifi, where it denotes the instructions for preparing a dish, including ingredients, amounts, and steps. This sense is widely used in cookbooks, blogs, and home cooking discussions.

In a descriptive or definitional sense, tarifi means the description, definition, or characterization of something. Phrases such as bir kelimenin tarifi or bir kavramın tarifi are used to refer to the definition of a word or the definition of a concept. The verb tarifi etmek means to describe or define something formally, and tarifi is used in contexts ranging from dictionaries to academic writing to specify precise meaning.

Tarifi also appears in inflected forms within Turkish grammar, where it can indicate possession or be part of a larger phrase, as in kelimenin tarifi (the definition of the word) or bir konunun tarifi (the description of a matter).

Related terms include tarif, the root noun often used to denote description or definition in general, and tarife, which in Turkish also means tariff or rate in economic contexts. The term ta'rif, a transliteration variant from Arabic, is sometimes seen in Ottoman or scholarly texts.

See also: tarif, tarife, ta'rif.