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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (plyp /frēb/, “deceit, deception”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“toward”, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-) + *dab (“to deceive”, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to deceive; to harm”)).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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farēḇ, firēḇ
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| Dari reading?
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farēb, firēb
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| Iranian reading?
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farib, ferib
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| Tajik reading?
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fareb, fireb
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Noun
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فریب
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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фиреб
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فریب • (farib or ferib)
- deception; deceit; perfidy
- Synonyms: نیرنگ (neyrang), خدعه (xod'e), مکر (makr)
c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:مژهٔ سیاهت ار کرد به خون ما اشارت
ز فریب او بیندیش و غلط مکن نگارا- muža-yi sîyâh-at ar kard ba xûn-i mâ išârat
zi firêb-i ô biyandêš u ğalat ma-kun nigâr-â - If your black eyebrow should aim for my blood,
Consider its perfidy , and make no error, my love.
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Verb
فریب • (farib or ferib)
- present stem form of فریفتن (farixtan, ferixtan, “to deceive”)