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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian fryh/pryh/pryy (frih, fri, “dear”), from Proto-Iranian *friHáh (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “dear, beloved, affectionate; a friend, a well-wisher”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás (compare Sanskrit प्रिय (priya)), from Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”). Cognate with English English friend and free.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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farī
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| Dari reading?
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farī
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| Iranian reading?
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fari
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| Tajik reading?
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fari
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Adjective
فری • (fari) (comparative فریتَر (fari-tar), superlative فریتَرین (fari-tarin))
- (obsolete) dear, beloved
- SN
- همان گاودوشان به فرمانبری
- همان تازی اسب رمیده فری
- hamān gāvdūšān be farmānbarī
- hamān tāzī asb e ramīde farī
- Xq
- سایه ٔ ذوالجلال بین وز فلک این نداشنو
- اینت مجاهد هدی ، اینت مظفر فری
- (archaic, poetic) pleasing, agreeable
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “fryh”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فری”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul