فری

See also: فري, قرئ, قرى, and قري

Persian

PIE word
*priHós

Etymology

From Middle Persian fryh/pryh/pryy (frih, fri, “dear”), from Proto-Iranian *friHáh (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “dear, beloved, affectionate; a friend, a well-wisher”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás (compare Sanskrit प्रिय (priya)), from Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”). Cognate with English English friend and free.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	farī
Dari reading?	farī
Iranian reading?	fari
Tajik reading?	fari

Adjective

فری • (fari) (comparative فری‌تَر (fari-tar), superlative فری‌تَرین (fari-tarin))

1. (obsolete) dear, beloved
   • SN

     همان گاودوشان به فرمانبری

     همان تازی اسب رمیده فری

     hamān gāvdūšān be farmānbarī

     hamān tāzī asb e ramīde farī

   • Xq

     سایه ٔ ذوالجلال بین وز فلک این نداشنو

     اینت مجاهد هدی ، اینت مظفر فری

2. (archaic, poetic) pleasing, agreeable

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “fryh”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فری”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul