فریب

See also: قرئت, قریب, and قريب

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plyp /⁠frēb⁠/, “deceit, deception”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“toward”, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-) + *dab (“to deceive”, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to deceive; to harm”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ɾeːβ], [fi.ɾeːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeːb], [fɪ.ɾeːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeːb], [fɪ.ɾeːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeːb], [fɪ.ɾeːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeːb̥], [fi.ɾeːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹiːb̥], [fe.ɹiːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeb], [fi.ɾeb]

Readings
Classical reading?	farēḇ, firēḇ
Dari reading?	farēb, firēb
Iranian reading?	farib, ferib
Tajik reading?	fareb, fireb

Noun

Dari	فریب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фиреб

فریب • (farêb or ferib or farib)

1. deception; deceit; perfidy

   Synonyms: نیرنگ (neyrang), خدعه (xod'e), مکر (makr)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     مژهٔ سیاهت ار کرد به خون ما اشارت
     ز فریب او بیندیش و غلط مکن نگارا

     muža-yi sîyâh-at ar kard ba xûn-i mâ išârat
     zi firêb-i ô biyandêš u ğalat ma-kun nigâr-â

     If [the arrow of] your black eyebrow should aim for my blood,
     Consider its perfidy [i.e. the speaker hopes the eyebrow is “deceitful” and does not reflect the beloved’s real attitude towards him], and make no error, my love.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

• فریب خوردن (farib xordan)
• فریب دادن (farib dâdan)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़रेब (fareb)

  Urdu: فریب (fareb)

Verb

فریب • (farib or ferib)

1. present stem form of فریفتن (fariftan, feriftan, “to deceive”)