فرزین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭫𐭲𐭱𐭩𐭭 (frazēn /⁠plcyn'⁠/, “guard, (chess) queen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.ziːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ziːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ziːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ziːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.ziːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zin]

Readings
Classical reading?	farzīn
Dari reading?	farzīn
Iranian reading?	farzin
Tajik reading?	farzin

Dari	فرزین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фарзин

Noun

فرزین • (farzin)

1. (archaic) (chess) queen, ferz
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 535:

     از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد
     وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد

     az safar baydaq šawad farzīn-i rād
     waz safar yābīd Yūsuf sad murād

     Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen,
     and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فرزین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Alternative forms

• فرزیں (farzī̃)
• فرزی (farzī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرزین (farzīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.ziːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

فرزین • (farzīn)

1. wise, intelligent, sagacious

   Synonyms: دانا (dānā), عاقل ('āqil)

Noun

فرزین • (farzīn) m

1. (chess) fers or queen

   Synonym: وزیر (vazīr)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• فرزین بند (farzīn-band)
• فرزین بنانا (farzīn banānā, “promoting (a pawn) to fers”)

References

• “فرزین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “فرزين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “فرزین”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 869