پفیوز

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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پفیوز (pof(i)yuz) (comparative پفیوزتَر (pof(i)yuz-tar), superlative پفیوزتَرین (pof(i)yuz-tarin))

  1. (obsolete) lazy, weak
  2. (obsolete) cuckold
  3. (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

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  1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پفیوز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. Sadeghi, Ali Ashraf. “Pazhūheshhā-ye Loghavī: Goyārande yā Goyāzande, Pofyūz, Pāpey Shodan, Esqāt, Esqātī, Asqāt, Shoghāl, Shaghād.” Farhangnevīsī, no. 8 (1393).[1] Page 99.