معرفی کردن
mo'arrefi kardan/mu.ʔar.ri.fiː kar.ˈdan/
Introduce in Farsi is معرفی کردن (mo'arrefi kardan).
معرفی کردن is used both for introducing people to each other and for introducing a topic, book or product.
Meaning: to cause someone to be acquainted (verb)
What does it mean word for word?
معرفی is a noun meaning introduction or acquaintance, from a root meaning to know or to recognize. کردن, to do, turns it into a verb.
How does it change in a sentence?
The past tense replaces kardan with its past stem kard, giving معرفی کرد. The third person present is معرفی میکند, said mikonad at the end in formal speech and mikone in colloquial speech. The passive, to be introduced, is معرفی شدن, with shodan, to become, in place of kardan.
How do you pronounce it?
Say it as mo'arrefi kardan, with five syllables and the stress on the last one.
Did you know?
- The root of کردن is a distant relative of the English word 'work'. Both come from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-, which meant 'to do' or 'to make'.
- Depending on the social setting, a person might use the polite command معرفی کنید not to tell someone to introduce others, but to humbly ask to be introduced themselves.
- The verb کردن is a 'light verb' used to turn the noun معرفی into a functional verb. This is a common pattern in Persian where a single noun is paired with 'to do' to create many different actions.
Examples in context
- لطفاً من را به آن آقا معرفی کنیدPlease introduce me to that gentleman.معرفی کنید is the polite command form, asking someone to introduce the speaker.
- لطفاً آقای علی را به اعضای هیئت مدیره معرفی کنید.Please introduce Mr. Ali to the board members.
- اجازه بدهید شما را به دوستم معرفی کنم.Let me introduce you to my friend
Sources
- Wiktionary, “introduce” translations and entries معرفی کردن, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries کردن, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
