فری

See also: فري, قرئ, قرى, and قري

Persian
PIE word
*priHós

Etymology

From Middle Persian fryh/pryh/pryy (frih, fri, “dear”), from Proto-Iranian *friHáh (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “dear, beloved, affectionate; a friend, a well-wisher”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHyás (compare Sanskrit प्रिय (priya)), from Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.ɾíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fä.ɾíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading? farī
Dari reading? farī
Iranian reading? fari
Tajik reading? farī

Adjective

فری • (fari) (comparative فری‌تَر (fari-tar), superlative فری‌تَرین (fari-tarin))

  1. (obsolete) dear, beloved
    • SN
      همان گاودوشان به فرمانبری
      همان تازی اسب رمیده فری
      hamān gāvdūšān be farmānbarī
      hamān tāzī asb e ramīde farī
    • Xq
      سایه ٔ ذوالجلال بین وز فلک این نداشنو
      اینت مجاهد هدی ، اینت مظفر فری
  2. (archaic, poetic) pleasing, agreeable

References
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “fryh”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فری”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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