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”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فریب (fareb, firēb). First attested in c. 1692 as Middle Hindi فریب (fryb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ɾeːb/
• Rhymes: -eːb
• Hyphenation: فَ‧ریب

Noun

فَریب • (fareb) m (Hindi spelling फ़रेब)

1. deceit, deception

   Synonyms: دھوکَہ (dhoka), دَغا (daġā)

2. (in compounds) used a suffix to indicate temptation

Declension

Declension of فریب

	singular	plural
direct	فَریب (fareb)	فَریب (fareb)
oblique	فَریب (fareb)	فَریبوں (farebõ)
vocative	فَریب (fareb)	فَریبو (farebo)

Further reading

• “فریب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “فریب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]