آفرین

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.fi.riːn/

Interjection

آفِرِين • (ʔāfirīn)

1. bravo!, well done!

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• آفرم (aferim)

Etymology

From Persian آفرین (afarin)

Interjection

آفرین • (aferin)

1. well done! bravo!

Usage notes

• The recipient of the praise is in the dative.

Noun

آفرین • (aferin)

1. A kind of Shiraz and Baghdad lambskin.

Descendants

• Turkish: aferin

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fa.ɾiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fä.ɾiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fä.ɾiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.fä.ɾiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.fä.ɾin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.fæ.ɹiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.fä.ɾin]

Readings
Classical reading?	āfarīn
Dari reading?	āfarīn
Iranian reading?	âfarin
Tajik reading?	ofarin

Noun

آفرین • (âfarin)

1. acclamation

   Antonym: نفرین (nefrin)

Verb

آفرین • (âfarin)

1. present stem form of آفریدن (âfaridan)

Interjection

Dari	آفرین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	офарин

آفرین • (âfarin, âferin, âfrin)

1. well done, bravo

   Synonyms: ایول (eyval), احسنت (ahsant)

Alternative forms

• آفری (âfari) (dialectal, Herati)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: afərin
• → Bashkir: афарин (afarin)
• → Georgian: აფერუმ (aperum)
  • → Mingrelian: ანფერ (anper)
• → Gujarati: આફરીન (āpharīn)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: आफ़रीन (āfrīn), आफ़रीं (āfrī̃), आफ़िरीं (āfirī̃)
  • Urdu: آفرین (āfrīn)
• → Punjabi: ਆਫ਼ਰੀਨ (āfarīn), آفرین (āfrīn)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (āferīn)
  • Ottoman Turkish: آفرم (âferim), آفرین (aferin)
    • Turkish: aferin
    • → Arabic: عَفَارِم (ʕafārim)
    • → Albanian: aferim
    • → Armenian: աֆերիմ (aferim)
    • → Bulgarian: а́ферим (áferim)
    • → Macedonian: аферим (aferim)
    • → Romanian: aferim
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: афѐрим

      Latin script: afèrim

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفرین (āfarīn), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːf.ɾiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Interjection

آفرین • (āfrīn) (Hindi spelling आफ़रीन)

1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!