فریفتن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (pldp /⁠frēb-⁠/, to deceive), from Proto-Iranian *fra- + *dab- (to deceive), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (to harm, deceive) and cognate with Sanskrit दभ् (dabh, to harm, deceive) and Hittite (tepnu-, to decrease, to humble).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? farēftan, firēftan
Dari reading? farēftan, firēftan
Iranian reading? fariftan, feriftan
Tajik reading? fareftan, fireftan

Verb

Dari فریفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik фирефтан

فریفتن (fariftan) (present stem فریب (farib))

  1. (literary) to deceive

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References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 42-3