پریدن

From Middle Persian pldn' (parrīdan, “fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump”).

Cognates with Northern Kurdish firîn, Central Kurdish فْڕین‎ (firrîn), Zazaki perayen, Baluchi پرگ‎ (parrag, “to fly away, jump off”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit प्रवते (pravate, “to jump”), Russian прыгать (prygatʹ), English frolic, and German fröhlich.

پریدن • (paridan), present stem پر‎ (par)

1. (intransitive) to fly

   Synonym: پرواز کردن‎ (parvâz kardan)

2. (intransitive) to jump

   ‏رنگ پریدن‎ ― rang paridan. ― to become very surprised, to become very sick. (literally, “for the color (of the face) to jump”)

   ‏از خواب پریدن‎ ― az xâb paridan. ― to wake up suddenly.

   Synonym: جستن‎ (jastan)

3. (transitive, colloquial, Iran) to attack, to jump at someone

   Synonyms: حمله کردن‎ (hamle kardan), تاختن‎ (tâxtan)

4. (intransitive, rare) to evaporate

   ‏الکل و بنزین می پرند.‎‎ ― alkol o benzin mi-parand. ― alcohol and benzene evaporate.

   Synonym: تبخیر شدن‎ (tabxir šodan)

• پراندن‎ (parândan)
• ورپریدن‎ (varparidan)
• پرش‎ (pareš)
• پرنده‎ (parande)