Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pldp /⁠frēb-⁠/, to deceive), from Proto-Iranian *fra- + *dab- (to deceive), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (to harm, deceive) and cognate with Sanskrit दभ् (dabh, to harm, deceive) and Hittite [script needed] (tepnu-, to decrease, to humble).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän], [fɪ.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fä.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän], [fɪ.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fä.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän], [fi.ɾeːf.t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading? farēftan, firēftan
Dari reading? farēftan, firēftan
Iranian reading? fariftan, feriftan
Tajik reading? fareftan, fireftan

Verb edit

Dari فریفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik фирефтан

فریفتن (fariftan) (present stem فریب (farib))

  1. (literary) to deceive

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 42-3