پریخوان

Persian

Etymology

پری (pari, “supernatural being”) +‎ خوان (xân, “present stem of خواندن (xândan, “to read”)”)

Noun

Dari	پریخوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	парихон

پریخوان • (parixân)

1. (religion) exorcist

References

• “پریخوان”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024

Further reading

• “پریخوان”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پریخوان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پریخوان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim