نفرین

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (npryn /⁠nifrīn⁠/), ultimately from a negated form of Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to love, to please”) and related to (âfarin, “acclamation, bravo”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	nifrīn
Dari reading^?	nifrīn
Iranian reading^?	nefrin
Tajik reading^?	nifrin

Noun

نفرین • (nefrin)

curse
Synonym: لعنت (la'nat)
- 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Fereydun”, in Dick Davis, transl., Shâhnâme [Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings], Penguin Books, published 1997:
  نهاد آن سرش پست بر خاک بر
  همی خواند نفرین به ضحاک بر
  همی آفرین خواند بر کردگار
  بر آن شادمان گردش روزگار
  nahâd ân sar-aš past bar xâk bar
  hami xând nefrin be zahhâk bar
  hami âfarin xând bar kardegâr
  bar ân šâdmân gardeš-e ruzgâr
  She bowed her head down to the ground, cursing Zahhak and praising God who had brought about such a happy turn of events.

Derived terms

نفرین کردن (nefrin kardan, “to curse”)
نفرین کرده (nefrin karde, “cursed”)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8

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