پریدن

From Middle Persian pldn' (parrīdan, “fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump”).

Cognates with Northern Kurdish firîn, Central Kurdish فْڕین (firrîn), Zazaki perayen, Baluchi پرگ (parrag, “to fly away, jump off”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit प्रवते (pravate, “to jump”), Russian прыгать (prygatʹ), English frolic, and German fröhlich.

پریدن • (paridan) (present stem پر (par))

1. (intransitive) to fly

   Synonym: پرواز کردن (parvâz kardan)

2. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonym: جستن (jastan)

   رنگ پریدن ― rang paridan. ― to become very surprised, to become very sick. (literally, “for the color (of the face) to jump”)

   از خواب پریدن ― az xâb paridan. ― to wake up suddenly.

3. (transitive, colloquial, Iran) to attack, to jump at someone

   Synonyms: حمله کردن (hamle kardan), تاختن (tâxtan)

4. (intransitive, rare) to evaporate

   Synonym: تبخیر شدن (tabxir šodan)

   الکل و بنزین می پرند. ― alkol o benzin mi-parand. ― alcohol and benzene evaporate.

• پراندن (parândan)
• ورپریدن (varparidan)
• پرش (pareš)
• پرنده (parande)