آفرین
Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
آفِرِين • (ʔāfirīn)
- bravo!, well done!
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- آفرم (aferim)
Etymology edit
Interjection edit
آفرین • (aferin)
Usage notes edit
- The recipient of the praise is in the dative.
Noun edit
آفرین • (aferin)
- A kind of Shiraz and Baghdad lambskin.[1]
Descendants edit
- Turkish: aferin
References edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”), from Proto-Iranian *ā- + *fraiH- (“to rejoice, atone, please”). The former prefix is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.fa.ɾiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.fæ.ɹiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.fä.ɾin]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āfarīn |
Dari reading? | āfarīn |
Iranian reading? | âfarin |
Tajik reading? | ofarin |
Noun edit
آفرین • (âfarin)
Antonyms edit
- نفرین (nefrin)
Verb edit
آفرین • (âfarin)
Interjection edit
Dari | آفرین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | офарин |
آفرین • (âfarin, âferin, âfrin)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: afərin
- → Bashkir: афарин (afarin)
- → Georgian: აფერუმ (aperum)
- → Mingrelian: ანფერ (anper)
- → Gujarati: આફરીન (āpharīn)
- → Hindustani:
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (āferīn)
References edit
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian آفرین (āfarīn), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːf.ɾiːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn