فری

See also: فري‎, قرئ‎, قرى‎, and قري‎

Persian

PIE word
*priHós

Etymology

From Middle Persian fryh/pryh/pryy‎ (frih, fri, “dear”), from Proto-Iranian *friHáh (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (friia, “dear, beloved, affectionate; a friend, a well-wisher”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás (compare Sanskrit प्रिय (priya)), from Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faˈɾiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /faˈɾiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /fæˈɾiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /faˈɾi/

Adjective

فری • (fari) (comparative فری‌تَر‎ (fari-tar), superlative فری‌تَرین‎ (fari-tarin))

(obsolete) dear, beloved
- SN
  همان گاودوشان به فرمانبری
  
  همان تازی اسب رمیده فری‎
  hamān gāvdūšān be farmānbarī
  
  hamān tāzī asb e ramīde farī
- Xq
  سایه ٔ ذوالجلال بین وز فلک این نداشنو
  
  اینت مجاهد هدی ، اینت مظفر فری‎
(archaic, poetic) pleasing, agreeable

References

Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “fryh”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “فری”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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