پفیوز
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from پُف (pof, “huff”) + ِ (e, “of”) + یوز (yuz, “cheetah, hound”), expressing a state of inaction or lassitude in a metaphore to the act of huffing instead of hunting by a hunting animal. The similarity to the French pouffiasse (“slag, whore”) is coincidental.
Adjective
[edit]پفیوز • (pof(i)yuz) (comparative پفیوزتَر (pof(i)yuz-tar), superlative پفیوزتَرین (pof(i)yuz-tarin))
- (obsolete) lazy, weak
- (obsolete) cuckold
- (vulgar, derogatory) pathetic, worthless, incompetent
- مرتیکهی پُفیوز منو راه نداد تو!
- martike-ye pofiyuz man-o râh nadâd tu!
- That worthless piece of shit didn't let me in!
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پفیوز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Sadeghi, Ali Ashraf. “Pazhūheshhā-ye Loghavī: Goyārande yā Goyāzande, Pofyūz, Pāpey Shodan, Esqāt, Esqātī, Asqāt, Shoghāl, Shaghād.” Farhangnevīsī, no. 8 (1393).[1] Page 99.