فره

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See also: قره, قرة, and قزة

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian (fryyh, fryh /⁠frēh⁠/, “more”) in its compound form (frh, fryh /⁠frah, freh⁠/, “more”), attested also in derivatives 𐫛𐫡𐫆𐫏𐫅 (prẖyd /⁠frahīd⁠/), 𐫜𐫡𐫆𐫏𐫅 (frẖyd /⁠frahīd⁠/, “many”) and (prhyst(') /⁠frahist⁠/, “most”), itself comparative of Old Persian 𐎱𐎽𐎺 (paruv, “much, many, too much, very”), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Húš.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? firih, firah

Adjective

فره • (firih, firah) (obsolete)

  1. much, many, fele, abundant

Noun

فره • (firih, firah) (obsolete)

  1. priority, precedence, superation
  2. cause, reason

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? farrah

Noun

فره • (farrah)

  1. Alternative form of فر (far, farr)

References

  • Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 1018–1019
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1919) Zur Etymologie und Wortbildung der indogermanischen Sprachen (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 10)‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, →DOI, pages 30–33
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1895–1901) “Vorgeschichte der iranischen Sprachen [Prehistory of the Iranian Languages]”, in Geiger, Wilhelm, Kuhn, Ernst, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part I, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 286
  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فره”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 184 Nr. 826
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 925b
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “فره”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 673b
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